Reviews

Doctor Who: Nevermore by Alan Barnes

eleanorflovver's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

honestly an edgar allen poe doctor who story with robotic ravens and a post apocalypse could have been so much better than this was. like the plot itself really wasn't more, but i'm just not at all enamoured with this tardis team. maybe i just want lucie back. i want lucie and charley together. sorry tamsin.

nwhyte's review against another edition

2.0

The new series of Eighth Doctor plays from Big Finish began with Situation Vacant, where Joanna Kanska stole the show, guest starring as a hotel duty manager; this time Fenella Woolgar (who was Agatha Christie in The Unicorn and the Wasp) steals the show, guest starring as an interstellar war criminal incarcerated in a jail designed with an Edgar Allan Poe theme. Alan Barnes is one of the best Big Finish writers, but this isn't one of his best scripts, with a slightly daft premise and lots of references to Poe's work including giant robot ravens chanting 'Nevermore'. I haven't read much Poe (though I do know the late Zelazny story which riffs off many of his works) so some of this may have gone over my head. However it's probably fairly accessible to the non-Who fan who knows their Poe. (The new companion, I'm afraid, hasn't really settled in for me as yet.)

sshabein's review against another edition

4.0

If you don't care for Edgar Allen Poe, this is perhaps not the one for you, but I DO, so I thought this was an amusing way to do a Poe story within the world of Doctor Who. And I'm looking forward to knowing more about Tamsin, the new companion in this stretch of stories.

lnatal's review against another edition

2.0

From BBC Radio 4 Extra:
The Time Lord and his new companion materialise on a prison planet, themed on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Eighth Doctor adventure stars Paul McGann and Niky Wardley.

writtendark's review against another edition

4.0

Three stars for the story, five for the Edgar Allan Poe content.