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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
yaroslav_nazarenko's review
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
joshsebastia's review
5.0
Now that was a dark story. Literally a Doctor seemingly without a concious. Everything that could've went wrong did.
Makes you wonder what happened after that.
Makes you wonder what happened after that.
theinfiniteood's review
2.0
As unappealing as I find the modern releases by Big Finish and how they have to tow the line of bland positivity, this step back into a time when Big Finish had more creative licence was surprisingly dissatisfying.
Any story with the query ‘What if the Doctor thought the ends justified the means’ is naturally going to end up being dark but this went way beyond even that. There’s a dissonance between all the characters so no real way to get to grow used to, or like any of them, and with a short singular narrative, not enough to time to grow to like any of them either. The first half of the story is just exposition and some horror, the second however is pure exposition and ghoulish overkill in its horror.
The story, I cannot deny is thought provoking and does explore morality to a certain level, but struggles when each part is interrupted by some new twist or bit of body horror. The merits are very clearly presented when listening to the story but are greatly overshadowed by dour and morose moments; none of which more so than the ending which is one of the bleakest Dr Who related things I’ve heard.
It’s so visceral and graphic, and despite having justification in the build up, still feels like such a null end. I was never hoping this would be a Doctor/story that got picked up again, but I went further to just being glad it was over before something else unnecessary and graphic happened. To surmise, the story doesn’t pull its punches but it doesn’t earn any of the twists or unexpected moments as the pacing and tone make it a begrudging listen right from the first scene.
Any story with the query ‘What if the Doctor thought the ends justified the means’ is naturally going to end up being dark but this went way beyond even that. There’s a dissonance between all the characters so no real way to get to grow used to, or like any of them, and with a short singular narrative, not enough to time to grow to like any of them either. The first half of the story is just exposition and some horror, the second however is pure exposition and ghoulish overkill in its horror.
The story, I cannot deny is thought provoking and does explore morality to a certain level, but struggles when each part is interrupted by some new twist or bit of body horror. The merits are very clearly presented when listening to the story but are greatly overshadowed by dour and morose moments; none of which more so than the ending which is one of the bleakest Dr Who related things I’ve heard.
It’s so visceral and graphic, and despite having justification in the build up, still feels like such a null end. I was never hoping this would be a Doctor/story that got picked up again, but I went further to just being glad it was over before something else unnecessary and graphic happened. To surmise, the story doesn’t pull its punches but it doesn’t earn any of the twists or unexpected moments as the pacing and tone make it a begrudging listen right from the first scene.
imakandiway's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
nwhyte's review
features the Doctor not as hero but as villain. In "Full Fathom Five", we have no back story, just the Doctor (David Collings) and his companion raiding an underwater scientific base where there are Secrets Man Was Not Meant To Know, and the Doctor destroys everything that might allow said secrets to leak out. I was not really satisfied. The most interesting thing about the Doctor is that he is a hero; subtract that, and you can have a character study of evil but it's not as interesting. I felt there was also too little that really added up about the plot of "Full Fathom Five".