This box set featuring Peter Davision was actually released back in September but I only just decided to pick it up in lieu of the fact there are no longer "Monthly Adventures" series to collect. These box sets are a bit more expensive and as a result I've had to cut back on collecting these.
This latest set is pretty good value as I discovered since unlike all the others it actually has four instead of three CD's. However I am sure I paid far less than they are currently charging on their website. It appears the first story The Lost Resort may have been originally planned as one of the monthly releases and is a traditional four parter. This sees the Doctor and his companions Nissa and Tegan arrive on what appears to be a peaceful hospital planetoid. Of course being Doctor Who it's far from peaceful.
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The team find themselves in a world of ghosts, lost voices a multi-bodied android intelligence and the Count who is far from being either honourable or even nice. There's even an appearnace from Adric. How is that even possible? Traditional run of the mill Doctor Who but not a story I'd be in a hurry to listen to again.
Next up and thankfully confined to one CD in two parts is one of those "historical" type stories that always bored me to tears. The Perils Of Nellie Bly set around a journalist trying to beat the fictional Jules Verne 80 Days around the World adventure is something I will never bother listening to again.
The redeeming story from this box set is Nightmare of the Daleks. Set on a rig built on a water-world the workers are having nightmares in their sleeping pods about "robots". Some never wake and others die. What is going on and what sacrifice will the Doctor and his companions Tegan, Nissa and Mark have to make to beat these evil creatures? A good story with a sad ending.
There are plenty of better Big Finish releases to purchase so if your budget is limited avoid this one.
Rating 2 Stars
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