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Just... wow

Revisado: 09-06-19

It started slow for me. I read the three “Dragons” books (and none of the other books that came, after) so the beginning was something new and then there were a lot of parts after where I was Googling what I missed, but... wow. Really, that’s all I can say. The build up, the final battle and the end were just a magnificent ride with a whole lot of feels along the way.

O.K. That said, I feel the same way about the narrator. I was very skeptical, at first, but then he started narrating voices that I already had in my head, and I was like... this person is brilliant!

I wish I could be more specific, but that old ruin it for the skeptics and the Dragonlance faithful, so in the words of the immortal Stan Lee... ‘nuff said!

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Nearly Perfect

Revisado: 09-24-16

I am a longtime fan of the T.V. Series and I buy a lot of Dr. Who audible books. This story was just near perfect for me. I kept imagining it as a big screen movie.

What I enjoyed most was hearing some of my favorite characters brought to life. The performance of these characters was spot on. Another thing I enjoyed was that a lot of the new learning about Saturn was employed. The story is just this fantastic journey around the rings as part of a deep space mining operation. The drama of a youth rebellion and an encounter of an ancient alien archive was icing on the cake, for me.

I knocked a star off the story for the over-the-top villain, although I did appreciate her ties to one of the television stories. It did move the story along, but her dialog made me laugh more often than not.

Overall, this was just so satisfying for me. I admit that at the very end, I began tearing up a bit as a sharp pang of nostalgia was invoked by that clever scene. This story is proof positive that no matter what era of the show was your favorite, the Doctor's stories carry on in space and time.

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Makes More Sense Now

Revisado: 03-12-16

If you came out of the movie thinking there were a few things missing, this helps fill in some of the gaps. Why is there a separate Resistance army operating apart from the Republic? What happened to Poe Dameron? And I ask: can we take that Jedi vision in slow motion so we can understand what is going on? Also, the other added scenes and character descriptions here bring more color and depth to the new Star Wars universe. J.J. Abrams has said that there are no plans for an extended edition of the movie. I think this book is the next best thing.

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One of The Best

Revisado: 03-16-15

It has time travel. It has some of the back story of the Doctor and The Master. It has some of the most memorable characters from the T.V. series. It has a cosmic, sweeping story that plays a wonderful movie in the imagination. The best of all, though, is narrator Geoffrey Beavers and his superlative performance. He goes very easily from Scottish brogue to one of the best imitations of Roger Delgado that I have ever heard. Easily one of the best Doctor Who audibles you are likely to find.

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Entertaining for Fans

Revisado: 01-21-13

Nicholas Briggs gets the voices perfect. Fans of the current incarnation of the T.V. show will not be disappointed in the performance. I've read and heard better stories. The high point is that the author gets all the regular characters just right. The folks that are introduced as the story goes on were not consistent. For instance, it was hard to believe what motivated the two groups who are vying for power at the end.

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You Need A Better Medium

Revisado: 01-29-12

No, I don't mean communicating with spirits and all that rubish! I mean that sometimes the special effects of the day could not capture the best imagination of the scripts of these Third Doctor/ U.N.I.T. stories. A full cast radio production may be a much better medium. Jon Pertwee was especially delicious in this story - he was always at his best when confronting authority figures, and there were plenty to confront, here. I also liked how the sound effects hearkened back to the days of the first lunar expedition. Fans of the current Eleventh Doctor series on BBC that began with "The Impossible Astoronaut" may find some delight here. Just be warned that the pace of the action is a bit slower than a fan of the current T.V. series is used to. Nonetheless, this lifelong Doctor Who fan found many things to enjoy in this audio.

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What A Deal!

Revisado: 01-19-12

The full cast production of the Oz stories was an amazing find! There are five in this series, and all of them are wonderfully performed. It was thoroughly entertaining for my two children and I as we listened in the car.

I simply cannot believe that such a spot-on production would only be about $3 to Audible members. For about the price of a novel, one can get the whole series and enjoy hours of entertainment with the kids.

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Not So Bad

Revisado: 01-18-12

This was not as tight a narrative as the Chocolate Factory, but there was enough charm, silliness, and familiarity with the characters to entertain our family (with children ages 6 and 8) through a long car ride.

Narrator Eric Idle was very funny and really threw himself into all the different voices - including a very convincing President of the United States.

The first helping of Charlie was clearly the best. This second helping was... not so bad.

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What A FInd!

Revisado: 01-18-12

You first need to know this comes from someone who has followed the Doctor's adventures from the Seventies until today. I especially enjoy the narrator, Nicholas Briggs, as producer of a whole line of audio adventures made and distributed by Big Finish Productions. I may have been a bit predisposed to like this, but I still was amazed at what a find this particular story is.

For me, it was like getting an extra episode of the T.V. series. The story was brilliant. Even though you know the characters are going to make it out, there were at least two... maybe three times when you could have believed they may not. The plot twist that has the Doctor going backward through time was amazingly well done and must have been a very complicated thing to write. The personalities of the characters were all in place. One little gem has the Doctor acquiring a new toy with a "Happy Christmas, me!", which one could totally hear Matt Smith's character saying.

Nicholas Briggs is simply jaw dropping. I cannot fathom how he goes seamlessly from the Doctor to Amy's Scottish accent to the other Americans. It was an inspired performance that married itself to this incredible story to produce a five star wonder that I hope Doctor Who fans will enjoy as much as I did.

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David Tennant... in A Toga

Revisado: 12-13-11

The story sets up, beautifully. And for Doctor Who books, it simply does not get better than having one of the actors who play the good Doctor as the narrator. David Tennant is simply... brilliant. Full disclosure: I am a long time fan of Doctor Who in all its incarnations.

The only thing that I did not like in the story was a bit of Deus Ex Machina toward the end. The plot revolves around a... well, I better not spoil it. As much as the "bad guy" reveal made me wince, it did not completely take away my enjoyment of the story. The very strong character building throughout made up for the things that aggravated me.

If you listen to the end, there is an interview with the author that gives quite a lot of insight into the process of converting a book set in a popular television series into an audio book.

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