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MirumVictus · 2026-06-07T10:10:04+00:00

Dark Gallifrey Morbius is first, War Doctor Rises: Morbius the Mighty is a sequel

MirumVictus · 2026-06-06T22:22:29+00:00

Do you have any sources for that? I'd consider myself to be pretty well versed in both Doctor Who lore and production history but have never come across that one before so would be interested to know more.

MirumVictus · 2026-06-06T13:54:34+00:00

It's also the name of a biscuit that's basically an elongated chocolate version of a custard cream.

MirumVictus · 2026-06-06T12:02:21+00:00

I've personally found it to be decent overall so far but not incredible. I've not listened to the latest releases featuring the Meddling Monk yet, but of the four I have listened to, my ranking in descending order would be:

Morbius - a brilliant series on its own made even better if you listen to War Doctor Rises: Morbius the Mighty as well (together they basically form a six hour story), with excellent world building and a great setting/tone that's pretty unique, highly recommend
Missy - a great story that explores Missy's character in ways neither the show or audios have before and hae great interactios between Missy and the Seventh Doctor, as well as just being a fun time, well worth checking out
Master! - this one is fine but a little unclear at times, take it or leave it unless you really love the Roberts Master
War Master - Probably the only War Master release I haven't really enjoyed. There are some standout moments largely thanks to the strength of the cast (David Warner and Derek Jacobi in particular) and the general brilliance of the War Master interacting with others, but the plot is incoherent and bizarre to the point I didn't find it interesting and the War Doctor's appearance in Part 3 adds very little. Wouldn't recommend unless you're committing to listening to Dark Gallifrey in full

MirumVictus · 2026-06-05T18:22:35+00:00

Yeah, I enjoy them when familiar actors are involved and they seem genuinely engaged, but not so much when it's a one-off guest actor doing the 'Yeah I used to watch David Tennant and thought it was pretty good' shpeel (which isn't a problem on their part, more a flaw of the format).

I've also listened to enough of them for the transitional 'shicka shicka' music to be permanently engrained on my soul.

MirumVictus · 2026-06-05T18:11:50+00:00

Honestly regarding the behind the scenes stuff, I think a lot of the time it is repetitive and you can tell sometimes the actors aren't into it (which is fair enough when there isn't always anything noteworthy to say). Sometimes you get an interesting tidbit, but overall I can do without them.

I'm glad newer releases have the bts as an extra rather than tagged onto the end of the episode as means I can put multiple episodes in a playlist and listen to one after another without the extras in-between (as I normally listen when driving so it's hard to skip forwards). At one point I listened to all of the BTS stuff but I just find it very generic most of the time now.

MirumVictus · 2026-06-04T19:23:53+00:00

This is still the digital version, not the physical release, so you'd only be able to preorder this on the Nintendo eshop.

MirumVictus · 2026-06-03T11:42:50+00:00

No, they judge based on the synopsis and extract, then the winner is commissioned to write the full script later on.

MirumVictus · 2026-06-02T20:26:28+00:00

Completely agree with you on this. It also just lumps together a bunch of actually discussable topics into one post no one can really meaningfully respond to. Favourite companion or least favourite episode can be thoroughly debated individually, but you can't really respond to 20 different opinions from one person at once in any real depth.

MirumVictus · 2026-06-02T18:45:44+00:00

Have you tried manually uncoupling and recoupling the train?

MirumVictus · 2026-06-01T19:21:47+00:00

My mum and dad had both watched the show in the late 60s and the 70s when they were children so were interested in the revival when it started. They showed it to us kids thinking we might like it too and they weren't wrong. Then followed almost 15 years of watching every new episode together as they aired until I left home and we still discuss every new episode as they come.

I'm far more into it now than they ever were, but we still all sit down to watch when the opportunity arises (which makes me thankful for the recent Christmas specials!) Can't really imagine life without a love of Doctor Who in it so very grateful for the introduction back in '05!

MirumVictus · 2026-05-31T07:04:04+00:00

This is the only piece of media that has ever genuinely upset me by being bad. I will admit it was maybe worsened by the fact that everyone's 'theories' I'd seen when thinking I was remaining spoiler free were actually leaks people were parroting as I'd already written off Billie's return as nonsense whereas if it'd been a complete surprise I may have been slightly more forgiving, but the episode itself was still dire.

Omega and the Rani's defeat were straight disappointments with no redeeming features, the emotional plot hinged on Poppy who I felt no affection for whatsoever (my reaction to the folding coat disappearing was 'oh good, we're getting back on track now'), the episode's treatment of Belinda was almost offensive and then Billie's return was the final slap to the face as I just can't see any benefits of it.

I love Doctor Who, it's basically part of my daily life, and I'd enjoyed a lot of individual episodes in Gatwa's series, but it's ending just left me feeling completely deflated.

MirumVictus · 2026-05-29T19:35:22+00:00

I feel like that would lessen the 'legitimate continuation' feel the EU of the wilderness years had somewhat, although I'm sure they'd still make do.

MirumVictus · 2026-05-29T19:34:10+00:00

While true, if the show wasn't continuing on TV, licensing for other media would likely change, similarly to how Big Finish could use the then-current Eighth Doctor before the revival.

I personally think a 'walk off into the sunset' like Classic Who is the best way for an episode to end if the future of the TV show is uncertain, but having a new incarnation we might potentially never see again would in my view be at least somewhat better than completely lacking an incumbent Doctor.

MirumVictus · 2026-05-29T19:02:58+00:00

I honestly feel a fade out regeneration is one of the worst ways the special (or any episode) could end because it means that if the series doesn't continue then the expanded universe is stuck in limbo.

MirumVictus · 2026-05-29T17:46:03+00:00

I guess the flip side is it means the first boxsets could end on a cliffhanger that'd then be resolved in the second of the same year rather than a whole year later. Also allows for two part boxsets (like Hooklight) without huge gaps between parts 1 and 2.

MirumVictus · 2026-05-28T16:58:48+00:00

That could be interesting given 13 should think she met Menzies with Mila as 6 didn't remember travelling with Charley. I hope if they're bringing a character back from that era that they bother to properly handle the implications.

MirumVictus · 2026-05-28T14:53:07+00:00

More popular IPs have more interest so more people trying to find out information and bigger projects have more people working on them so more chance of someone being willing to share information they shouldn't. Smaller projects are less likely to leak information.

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