Reviews

Doctor Who: The Sirens of Time, by Nicholas Briggs

berniemcbear's review

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

kate_reads101647's review

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

tempus's review against another edition

3.0

Cool to hear the Doctors, but the story falls short of any substance. Hilarious ending scene though.

chicafrom3's review

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The first Big Finish Doctor Who audio! The Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Doctors are manipulated into breaking time and then must work together to fix it. A somewhat convoluted and messy plot, but good fun.

bahbadook's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

It did basically exactly what I needed from it: provide me something to listen to and partially ignore while I'm at work. Not the most glowing recommendation, but it pleased me. 
I would like to say that I love mult-Doctor stories. Time breaking? Even better. And the Doctor causing problems and then having to fix the problems?
Beautiful. 
I enjoyed the implications at the end. Good stuff. Good problems.

faiazalam's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

dooweedoo's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

nwhyte's review

featuring Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy. Four episodes, one with each Doctor and the last with them all together, sorting out the latest threat to Gallifrey. The plot isn't much, but I did like the execution - the first and third episodes, set respectively on a planet where a political prisoner is living out a lifelong exile, and on a spaceship where all the crew disappear except the android pilot and a member of the catering staff, both reminded me rather of the original Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The second episode, set on a first world war U-Boat, was very atmospheric. You know where the resolution is going as soon as you hear the very first scene (Time Lords under threat, again...) but it was reasonably good fun.

lavender_ani's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

cynt's review

3.0

Dragged a bit and the plot wasn't particularly memorable, but I just cannot dislike a multidoc-story.