Big Finish Main Range
For the first time we get to see the setup of the 7th Doctor’s machinations and it is a beautiful thing to see! It doesn’t take away from the story at all so I can only hope that we get to see this type of thing again someday. I’m sure it was a bit tricky for the writer but it was just fabulous to see in progress. The new character, Vienna Salavatori, has plenty of possibilities for future run-ins with the Doctor as a mercenary or anything else. She is not one to be down long, that’s for sure. And the new hero of the spacing lanes is Hercules, the space slug! That was a cool concept that just worked out really, really well for this story.
Prince Kylo is actually the weak link in this story as he’s become a bit predictable in his old age. He is still obsessed with Aliona and has built himself a life with her clone. Very one-dimensional in his obsessions, he is. How much more can he develop as a character when the central piece of his life is Aliona anyway? The cast of characters is far ranging and the Wrath now have a major enemy in the Earth Alliance. And I won’t spoil the ending except to say that the reasons the Wrath chose to interfere are not the ones necessarily presented in The Acheron Pulse. It’s more far-reaching than that! Well done overall. Great conclusion to the trilogy!
Sylvester McCoy
Writer: Jonathan Morris
Director: Ken Bentley
Release: November 2012