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Doctor Who Audio Adventures (SPM Productions)
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@AudioDramaDirectory I just finished this story and would like to share my initial impressions from someone who's into both audio theater as well as #DoctorWho. On the positive side I liked the acting of the newly regenerated Doctor's character. I won't give away much of the story but it was a refreshing change from many other DW stories for a couple of reasons. Unlike other stories that introduce a new Doctor this incarnation isn't behaving oddly during most of the story. He only collapses once due to his regeneration and his confusion is short-lived. Another thing that makes it refreshing is that it's not the typical alien monsters take over the planet story. Lisa Smith, the new companion, is pretty spunky and has some great dialog with the Doctor when she first realizes that he's an alien. The character of Lisa's mom also gives us some great dialog as well as believable acting. The theme music is reminiscent of that of the TV show but it's different enough to make it stand out. I do have some criticisms, mainly that there were some long, visual scenes without dialog. At times it felt like I was listening to an audio sound track of a TV episode which needed some audio description which is where you have a secondary audio track describing visual scenes when no dialog is present. AD is available on many movies and TV shows for those who are blind. One example is the first few minutes of the story where, among other things, we hear a Dalek who, as I suspected and which we learn later on, has attempted to kill the previous incarnation of the Doctor. Btw, this Dalek voice was quite good and I hope that this production team gives us a good Dalek story down the line. Some of the sound mixing could have been improved as the music sometimes overpowers the dialog. At the end of the story when the Doctor and Lisa enter the Tardis there was an absence of any Tardis-like background sounds; no hum, nothing from the console and so the mixing in that brief scene seemed somewhat unfinished. In general, though, I really enjoyed the story and found the writing to be excellent. and am looking forward to future episodes with this new Doctor and companion. This story contains one or two instances of profanity.
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in reply to David Goldfield

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Thanks for the review. It's interesting to hear someone's take on it. I hope they produce more episodes.