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The Road Untravelled


Eighth Doctor Adventures Time War 6.2


At the end of the last episode the Doctor and co had got out of the fake reality they were in and now find themselves on a spaceship in a void space.


With Nowhere Never having some unanswered questions, this doesn’t do much to help. The ‘Captian’ seems to be known by the Doctor and its one of those times where you’re suddenly trying to work out if you should know them as well. With so many different Big Finish ranges is hard to keep up: Hieronyam Friend - the captain, we encountered as the non existent passenger in Meanwhile, Elsewhere. Yeah I had to look it up!


Conrad Westmass plays the Captain, with his previous role as the Eighths companion C’rizz, its a little odd, but it maybe due to the character he’s playing. The void space has reflections hence the title, and they are reflections of the ship. Other versions, but which version will make it out? Add to that the ship is of old Gallifrayan origin your interest is piqued. Cass seems to have a life on the ship, a job and friend, not that she remembers. Alex finally finds out who he is, or not who he is. So there’s some interesting stuff going on.


Like Nowhere Never, this ends without explanations or plot lines developed. The idea of reflections was great but didn’t go anywhere, and I feel a little short changed. And again its a waiting game to see if it all makes sense at the end of the set.

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