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Publisher's Details |
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Writer: Nicholas Briggs | Director: Nicholas Briggs
CD Details (Buy the CD from Big Finish) Published: Feb 2001 | ISBN: 1-903654 157 | RRP: £13.99 (UK) |
| The Cast | |||
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The Doctor:
Charley: Deeya: Grash: |
Paul McGann
India Fisher Michelle Livingstone Bruce Montague |
Chev:
Ike: Vol: Kelsey: |
Helen Goldwyn
Ian Marr Hylton Collins Toby Longworth |
| The Story |
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When the Doctor sets out to educate Charley on the darker side of her race's future, he does not anticipate being embroiled in the protracted Orion War.
The front line may be light years away, but the human race's struggle for victory has led to desperate measures.
Trapped aboard a mysterious star destroyer in the Garazone System, the Doctor and Charley find themselves cast as scapegoats. But the real danger has yet to awaken... The Cybermen have received the signal for reactivation. (Sourced from the Big Finish website) |
| Editor's Review |
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Sword of Orion is a mixed bag of affairs. The story’s premise is very good and there seems to be a lot going for it, but there are not many details revealed in it
about the overall setting. For example, only in episode four do we know why the Doctor and Charley went to the Garazone Bazaar and we only really learn of the Orion War
in the same episode, which makes the title a little mis-guiding.
The characters were a mixed bunch to be honest. Deeya was a good, strong character, but her crew were a little disappointing as they all were more-or-less the same person with several voices. One thing that I don’t like is when the Doctor has all of the answers all of the time and it gets a little annoying in this story. Lastly, there are the Cybermats. To be honest, you can’t use Cybermats in an audio production as there is nothing to them but bleeps and crawling menacingly. Their actions are completely described by the characters making some of the lines more narrative rather than speech, which is a bit odd. In summary, Sword of Orion is OK. It’s not bad, but not that great either. (Dan Ludlow) |