The very first Eighth Doctor audio drama is a bit clumsily written (the Doctor has to resort to talking to himself to provide exposition entirely too often for my taste) but this is otherwise a solid production of a solid story. The contemporary characters were a bit two-dimensional, but the performances were good.

I have listened to these dramas in no particular order so I already have a preference for the Charley/Six over the Charley/Eight team-up, but it was nice to get her origin story. ( )

the best DW audio I have heard to date. Funky new arrangement of the signature tune, and the return of the Eighth Doctor, in a brilliant soundscape evoking the disastrous maiden voyage of the R101. Gareth Roberts (Blake from Blake's Seven) is fantastic as the sinister Air Minister, Lord Tamworth, India Fisher is great as new companion Charley Pollard, and Paul McGann is simply superb. Also I see that this appears to have been the first DW written by Alan Barnes, who also wrote the two Gallifrey episodes I most enjoyed. ( )