Crashed On Dido

      Back in 2022, Big Finish started a series known as Interludes , bonus hour-long audiobooks included with one set of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors' adventures a year. To me, these seem a nice way to sweeten the pot with pricepoints being a common point of contention to listeners. However, as much as I've enjoyed the longer-form Audio Novels range, I prefer the usual full cast adventures and perhaps to my shame I've dismissed Interludes as nothing more than an afterthought. After today, I've had a change of heart. The cover art for Gobbledegook . A small shame to not see Velar with his reading glasses on.      Gobbledegook is a story by Frazer Lee, a newcomer to Big Finish, included as an downloadable extra for Conflicts of Interest . Rather than being a totally isolated adventure, it expands on lore introduced in the set, allowing us to meet the character Velar - an armadillo-like alien friend of the Doctor's - who was previously only talked about in th

    The Peter Davison era of Doctor Who is one I have a strong affection for and in my time as a Big Finish listener, I've particularly enjoyed what they've been doing with this era. The Marc arc and Forty saga are storylines I hold in high regard but now, rather than beginning a new story arc in 2023, the Fifth Doctor Adventures range seems to be taking a break from that with a pair of standalone box sets. After much self imposed delay I've decided to finally treat myself with them, the first of which is Conflicts of Interest . The era-appropriate variant of the cover art, designed by Ryan Aplin Friendly Fire      The first story of the set is Friendly Fire by John Dorney, in which the Doctor and his friends find themselves visiting an unremarkable mining world to kill time while the TARDIS is out of action. The Doctor plans to meet up with an old friend on arrival but the group quickly finds the people of the planet suspiciously obstructive.      Ultimately, the story