A review by kmccubbin
Doctor Who: Quinnis by Marc Platt
4.0
Marc Platt has become, through a sideways route, THE great First Doctor writer at Big Finish. (And no, the new David Bradley stories do nothing to alter my opinion of this.) This may be the loveliest of his Companion Chronicles wherein he takes an offhand remark made during the show's first year and transforms it into a lyrical fantasy with echoes of Italo Calvino.
The plot is sparse, but enough, and it is held aloft by ambitiously strange world building.
In many ways this is primarily a horror story with Susan at its heart and I, for one, would be more than happy to have it serve as a model for First Doctor stories to come.
Notably, Carole Ann Ford's daughter, Tara-Louise Kaye, plays her counterpart in this piece.
The plot is sparse, but enough, and it is held aloft by ambitiously strange world building.
In many ways this is primarily a horror story with Susan at its heart and I, for one, would be more than happy to have it serve as a model for First Doctor stories to come.
Notably, Carole Ann Ford's daughter, Tara-Louise Kaye, plays her counterpart in this piece.