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The Ninth Doctor Adventures


Hidden Depts 1.3 Flatpack


The Doctor runs into some old friends, Liv Chenka and Tania Bell and spend their time in a place not unlike ikea.


I do think it works better when the Doctor has a companion, and its something the 9th Doctor adventures have lacked. With Liv and Tania running into the Doctor they do fill that role. Liv I’ve heard before and I’ve always enjoyed Nicola Walkers work. Tania I don’t know, but other than being old friends of the Doctors you don’t need anything more to enjoy this story, there were a couple of references to stuff I wasn’t aware of, but nothing that impacted on the story.


The flatpack shop is new to the area, yet its always been there and why are the staff masked?


This isn’t the ‘biggest’ adventure, more of an interlude. Getting reacquainted with Liv and Tania, isn’t as momentous as the Tenth and Sarah Jane, but this is a post war Doctor and I suppose more could have been made of that.


Flatpack is based on ikea, even referencing the fact that Ikea is intensionally hard to navigate so that you keep hold of something in case you can’t find it again. The sprawling array of furniture to buy, and as the doctor discovers not all is of the time.


There is a part where you know what the big reveal is, if you hadn’t guessed already, and its a waiting game for the Doctor and co to catch on.


Overall I enjoyed it, I do feel there was potential for a grander audio. Its not groundbreaking, but a nice way to spend an hour.

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