Neil Corry

Big Finish’s final print collection of Doctor Who stories is the usual grab bag of varied quality. The spine of the collection is a serious of fake letters to the various producers of Doctor Who by Gareth Roberts – it’s a good joke initially, but the trouble is that it’s one repetitive joke stretched through an entire collection. Highlights include Phoenix, with James Goss providing his usual ingenious twist, and the fantasy oriented The Science Of Magic.

I have to admit I'm finding Bernice's audio adventures a bit hit-and-miss at the moment. Too often I'm finding a fairly flimsy plot held up by the usual good acting and sound. The Heart's Desire, unfortunately, left me with just this feeling. I don't want to say too much for fear of being spoilery but the main plot device is one which has been used far too recently in this series and just as poorly to my mind. The story starts off with Benny bounding from perilous situation to perilous show more situation, pretty effective if not too imaginative, before the aforementioned plot device kicks in. Somewhere after this point I pretty much stopped caring. Things then back-and-forward a bit too much before the ending has to be spelled out to us rather than be naturally revealed. Disappointing show less

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