I was an avid buyer of Big Finish audios until Dr Who returned to the telly then (foolishly) stopped buying them until about 18 months ago and have done my best within my budget to catch up and buy new Doctor Who audio adventures. However large gaps remain and probably always will.
One of the things I missed was the back story to Wicked Sisters who apparently appeared in three of the Doctors CDs and had their own solo series so I came to this story without knowing exactly where this was coming from. However there is enough in the script to keep the new listner more or less aware of what's going on even if their origins remain a mystery to me.
Two human women when together have "god-like" powers which are interfering with time itself and could destroy the universe so nothing too serious. One of the joys of this particular story was seeing Leila not just as an agent of the Time Lords but advanced from the primitive she once was without the actual warrior disappearing.
The Doctor is asked to help destroy Abby & Zara who seem a nice if somewhat misguided pair and the Doctor is going to sentence them to death as there is in his view always an alternative. All three stories (set across 3 CD's) are set on the moon.
The Garden of Storms is reminiscent of Logan's Run though with a much nastier twist whist the second Moonrakers sees the Moon cut off from earth by "cosmic storms" and humans fighting amongst themselves for resources with a very amusing group of Sontarans building a garden!
The final story, The People Made Of Smoke shows how the Doctor's intervention changed history and the menace that the girls had brought into this reality. Will they live or die?
I enjoyed this story over three nights and if I have the money and the original stories are available on CD I think I might, just might get around to picking them up.
Available from: bigfinish.com
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