Tag: Sixth Doctor

Doctor Who: Voyager

Doctor Who: Voyager

by Steve Parkhouse; ill. John Ridgway; colours Gina Hart (Marvel, 1985)

Graphic novel cover: “Doctor Who: Voyager” by Steve Parkhouse; ill. John Ridgway; colours Gina Hart (Marvel, 1985)

Frobisher is introduced, joining a more proactive, less bombastic Sixth Doctor in an adventure trippy enough to have rounded out The Trial of a Time Lord. A preponderance of dark hues serves to foreground the SF (and make Baker’s coat blend in!).

Doctor Who: Stage Fright

Doctor Who: The Last Adventure, Part 3: Stage Fright

by Matt Fitton (Big Finish, 2015)

Audio drama cover: “Doctor Who: The Last Adventure, Part 3: Stage Fright” by Matt Fitton (Big Finish, 2015)

Fitton brings some intrigue to the Last Adventure. At the end of the day, however, the Valeyard’s evil scheme doesn’t make much sense. The Sixth Doctor’s modus operandi is once again to march up to the threat and demand its immediate cessation.

Doctor Who: The Headless Ones

Doctor Who: The Headless Ones

by James Parsons and Andrew Stirling-Brown; dir. Scott Handcock (Big Finish, 2020)

Box set cover: "The Sixth Doctor and Peri, Volume One"; review of “Doctor Who: The Headless Ones” by James Parsons and Andrew Stirling-Brown; dir. Scott Handcock (BBC, 2020)

A fairly bland offering whose only real point of difference is an unhappy ending (which the players don’t lose much sleep over). Parsons and Stirling-Brown have a go at female empowerment only to make Amanda and Siyanda hapless figureheads rather than exemplars.

Doctor Who: Conflict Theory

Doctor Who: Conflict Theory

by Nev Fountain; dir. Scott Handcock (Big Finish, 2020)

Box set cover: "The Sixth Doctor and Peri, Volume One"; review of "“Doctor Who: Conflict Theory” by Nev Fountain; dir. Scott Handcock (BBC, 2020)

A fun, frivolous story that, beneath clever execution, explores the more serious question of the Doctor’s culpability in exposing his companions to danger. Fountain’s script is spot-on. Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant revel in a character dynamic rarely done justice on television.

Doctor Who: Wirrn Isle

Doctor Who: Wirrn Isle

by William Gallagher (Big Finish, 2012)

Gallagher_Wirrn Isle

Bringing back the Wirrn was ambitious but Gallagher has recaptured at least some of the tension and body horror of The Ark in Space. The Sixth Doctor is well-written for a change and, notwithstanding some egregious character irrationality, the story works well.

 

 

Doctor Who: The Sandman

Doctor Who: The Sandman

by Simon A. Forward (Big Finish, 2002)

Forward_The Sandman

A nice SF concept, which affords plenty of scope for the Sixth Doctor’s almost bipolar swings between compassion and firewalled ‘otherness’. Colin Baker once again shows that he could have been great if given something to work with by JNT and company.

 

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