tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post7480827375113498413..comments2024-03-14T05:07:57.110-07:00Comments on Doc Oho Reviews...: The Secret History written by Eddie Robson and directed by Barnaby EdwardsDoc Ohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01819922630249965949noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-30881801716122732742022-03-09T09:54:51.086-08:002022-03-09T09:54:51.086-08:00I would never have pegged the 5th doctor's sto...I would never have pegged the 5th doctor's story to be my favorite of these three before listening to them, but here we are. It was great stuff. It helps that it features two of my very favorite companions. I'm just getting to the Tamsin story in my purchases of the 8th Doctor adventures, so I guess I have tragedy to look forward to.David Pirtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00636601389899125100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-86748747760087108262015-07-22T07:17:03.458-07:002015-07-22T07:17:03.458-07:00I really enjoyed this one. Great appearences by ev...I really enjoyed this one. Great appearences by everyone, a surprising historical period, and if your going to toss off an explanation for the prior stories, monkeyings by the monk is as good as any. Sinse I have really strong memories of the 8th doctor's adventures and the horrific events of To the death, I liked the idea of the Monk so affected by Tamsin's death myself sinse it made him more than just the stock "well I'm going to fudge up time because I'm eeeeeeevil!" sort of villain. <br /><br />It's funny, I'm listening to the companion chronicles at the moment and it's almost weerd how accurate the historical period feels with Steven Vicky and the fifth doctor.<br />The emperor and the general were both superbly played, indeed I have extremely strong memories of the entire guest cast and sinse it's now a couple of weeks sinse I heard this one that is saying something. <br /><br />My only really major issue with this one, is there really was enough plot there for two stories, the ending came so much out of left field it wasn't even on the pitch. I'd have loved to see more of the devastated timeline that was predicted, Architects of history style and have a better way for the Doctor to set matters right, perhaps even taking into account elements of the first two stories somewhere. Then again, sinse Bf seem wedded to the trilogy format whether or not it suits their plot, this probably wouldn't have succeeded and would likely have cost them more of the historical end. Still, I do rather feel that we'd have been better with starting this series with Last of the Cybermen, then having Secret history as a second part, and perhaps a doctor monk substitute story as the third, missing out the drectacula defectors, which is the only one of these Locum doctors stories I've really felt was an absolute clunker. <br /><br /><br />darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15526681809763999806noreply@blogger.com