seventh doctor and ace wonderfully written by mike tucker.

mike tucker who wrote the brilliant illegal alien has done it again and written a terrific seventh doctor and ace story as normal capturing their wonderful characters perfectly.
this adventure pits them against the autons who are updated very well for a modern audience. Terry Malloy reads this extremely well and there is great sound design and music which helps to carry the story along nicely. I haven't listened to this range before as it's taken them a long time to get round to my favourite doctor and companion, but here's hoping for more seventh doctor and ace soon! so long as it's written by mike tucker!

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Superb

This is what you get when you have a doctor who veteran in the shape of Mike Tucker, a chap who clearly loves Dr Who but more importantly believes in it. As such, his story gained a life of its own. You could believe that this was a lost adventure of Sly and Ace. Or perhaps Russel T Davies could be waiting in the wings to give his new Dr Who a serious script which tackles problems of age and pollution whilst being rather scary. That was what old Dr Who was like, you never knew when something nasty was about to happen and it kept you on the edge of your seat. Similarly, Tucker carries on this tradition, with a good deal of menace from the autons. He has brought it right up to date, with loads more ways of the autons getting into our homes. Perhaps in a sequel, Mister Tucker (who should be made an MBE for this story) could bring the IOT (the internet of things) on board, with the Nestine consciousness invading out minds while listening to our thoughts parroted off to these insidious listening devices in a lot of homes up and down the country.

What is good about the story is it starts slowly like ever good classic Who and builds up. Then slowly but surely the menace is embellished with withering tendrils around the listener's heart. I was on the edge of my seat, with concern for the Dr and Ace, would they escape or would they fall victim to this most evil entity.?

Terry Molloy is fantastic. His Scottish accent is credible (unlike Simon Pegg (in the recent Star Trek movies)) and it a joy to hear. The performance is first-rate. I met him one time, in Barking (woof) where they had a Dr Who Signing. I had to go in and get my copy of resurrection of the Daleks. So my pal said to me, "Is Terry Molloy there?", always up for a laugh I replied, "I do not know, what does he look like.?" As he was Davros, most of the time he was encased in 30 lbs of Latex, so no one knew! That got a chuckle from my pal. Molloy brings all the characters to life, so that you are standing just behind them watching them, willing them to succeed. It was an adventure I did not want to end. I did think that there were more actors cast in the role when I was listening to it. I guess that is what true acting power is, getting the listener to listen and interact with the plot.

This is essential listening if you are a Dr Who fan.

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