#but with neverland/zagreus/scherzo looming this just doesn’t feel right to me

[silverfoxstole]

I finally started listening to In the Bleak Midwinter earlier while I was wrapping some presents and I think I would have enjoyed 24 Doors more without the structure of announcing the setting for each scene. I appreciate what John Dorney was trying to do but it kept taking me out of the story and made it seem like things took forever to get going. It was a nice little idea but for me a bit underwhelming.

That said, it’s lovely to hear Charley again and Audacity is much less aggravating, but I am concerned that having her there at this particular juncture will undermine the relationship between the Doctor and Charley, especially given what’s around the corner for them. Would they have got so close with someone else in the TARDIS? I’m not sure.

I’ll listen to the other two stories tomorrow and Friday but in the meantime I do agree with Audacity re Roy Wood and Wizzard: anyone who wishes it was Christmas every day is mad.

#i have misgivings about going back and adding extra companions like this when what’s going to happen relies so much on existing dynamics #i’ve also always liked the fact that with the eighth doctor there’s no need to shoehorn stories into gaps because he can keep going forward #until night of the doctor at least! #the charley and lucie sets were fine because they didn’t change anything just added adventures where there was a sensible gap #but with neverland/zagreus/scherzo looming this just doesn’t feel right to me #plus paul’s performance as the doctor has matured over the years and his voice has deepened #so it’s pretty much impossible to imagine him as younger eight in these stories #doctor who #eighth doctor #big finish #i will freely admit that i prefer older eight these days because i’m that much older now myself #so these sets probably aren’t for me