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Doctor Who Short Trips: Farewells by Steve Lyons, John Binns, Gareth Wigmore, Ian Farrington, Steven A. Roman, Darren Sellars, Andrew Collins, Jake Elliot, Joseph Lidster, Stewart Sheargold, Andy Campbell, Paul Magrs, Stephen Fewell, Ian Potter, Jacqueline Rayner, Matt Kimpton

iphigenie72's review

4.0

A lot of the stories contained here are fairly sad, but with a title like Farewells it was expected. Another aspect that does come in more than once is that The Doctor is only in the story as a second character or in passing which I liked though sometimes I would have wished for more of him. The only thing that did get on my nerves is too many 5th Doctor stories (5 or 6), I would have preferred a little more balance between the Doctors.

nwhyte's review

4.0

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Another of the Big Finish anthologies, unusually taking the first eight Doctors in chronological sequence with stories about saying goodbye. A strong start and end, with the First Doctor taking Ian and Barbara along Route 66 and the Eighth Doctor re-enacting The Wicker Man with contemporary garden furniture, by Gareth Wigmore and Paul Magrs respectively. The others that grabbed me were an elegiac Fourth Doctor story, "Into the Silent Land" by Steven A. Roman, and a grim Sixth Doctor story by Joe Lidster, "Curtain Call". In general 2006 seems to have been a good year for the Short trips anthologies, as it was for New Who in general.

sleepytechnokid's review

3.0

I have to put the book down to the very end, I like the stories in the beginning but as I get further into the book it's just not working out. I enjoyed. The Mother Road, Father Figure, Separation Day, Into the Silent Land, Life After Queth and Curtain Call but it became difficult to get through the others, and really, Into the Silent Land is the most stand out throughout the rest, give that story 9/10