Seagullslost's Doctor Who (and others) audio reviews

Murder At Moorsey Manor                                   Jago and Litefoot 7.3                                                                                                               Moorsely manor is where this adventure takes Jago and Litefoot. Taking on the alias of invited guests at a meeting of Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts, they hope to find someone who can help prove their innocence.  All would be well except that the guests soon learn that one of them will die on the hour, every hour, and there’s no escape. This is a pretty solid audio. Though I wasn’t bowled over by it, it is good, As usual for me I didn’t get a go...

The Night of 1000 Stars                                             Jago and Litefoot 7.2                                                                              Jago, Litefoot and Ellie are holed up in Baker Street, still fugitives. The arrival of Leela would seem to be a bit of a boon, yet there is something ‘other’ in the group. This is almost one long conversation between the four. There’s a picture where, at first glance seems to be normal, but then on second look there’s something closer to home. Remorse - as Leela names it, an entity feeding on the guilt and sadness from the past. The title alludes to the fact that Jago presents each of the four as a theatre show. As they tak...

The Monstrous Menagerie                                       Jago and Lifefoot 7.1                                                                                                           Once again its about remembering where things were left at the end of the last set. Litefoot was in court accused of murder and he and Jago went on the run. Luckily they have some help from an old friend (Professor Dark aka The Doctor) and they set themselves up in a house on Baker Street where the meet Arthur Conan Doyle and things get a little meta… One of the main jokes/reoccurring themes is everyone asking when Arthur is going to bring back Sh...

Return of the Repressed                    Jago and Litefoot 6.2                      Jago is seeing a therapist, but not just any therapist, Sigmund Freud no less. Add in a baboon and things are getting little strange for the pair. I was half way though this adventure when I came to look at the reviews. I wasn’t really taking it in, and felt perhaps I’d missed something. Usually I try to give an idea of the plot, in this case I can’t seem to do that. Both Jago and Litefoot seem to be learning about themselves. But it moves from one thing to another and I didn’t find myself any the wiser as to what was going on. You don’t know what’s real, Litefoot hitting a baboon with a stick (or telling someone to) seemed a bit out of character, and I waited for when it would be explained/undone, but it didn’t really come. Only to be brought up again towards the end.  There a bit where Li...

The Skeleton Quay                        Jago and Litefoot 6.1                                 Jago and Litefoot arrive back in their own time and are immediately accosted. The Queen needs their services. Ghosts are seen at a village lost to the sea. So if you didn’t know or had forgot, J&L spent the last series in the 1960’s. Here they are back where they belong, but we don’t get to catch up with Ellie , Sgt Quick etc. As they're off straight away. So the village of Shingle cove was washed away by the sea during a storm, but something would seem to be amiss as J&L start to see ghosts and visions of how the village was, and someone is out to stop them. Its does fall into that trope of small town by the sea, 73 yards does it, the Stuff of Legend also. Not that its necessarily a bad thing, but it sets the tone for the episode. The sea, cli...