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BBC Doctor Who: New Series Audio Exclusives #12
Doctor Who: The Hounds of Artemis
When Lord Woolcroft and his team break open the fabled Tomb of Artemis, sealed for thousands of years, they are astonished by what they find inside... The Doctor and Amy have come to Smyrna in 1929 to investigate a mystery. The Doctor knows something very bad happened there: something caused a lot of people to die and an entire, magnificent Temple to be found and then immediately lost again. But he doesn't know what is picking off the archaeologists one by one, or how it is connected to the terrifying howling in the night. And as he and Amy get closer to the terrible truth behind an ancient evil, he begins to wish he'd never found out.
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First published February 19, 2011
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James Goss
212 books167 followersJames Goss has written two Torchwood novels and a radio play, as well as a Being Human book. His Doctor Who audiobook Dead Air won Best Audiobook 2010. James also spent seven years working on the BBC's official Doctor Who website and co-wrote the website for Torchwood Series One. In 2007, he won the Best Adaptation category in the annual LA Weekly Theatre Awards for his version of Douglas Adams' novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
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September 18, 2019
Actual rating is 3.5 stars.
This is an audiobook adventure based on the television series. This one has Matt Smith (who also narrates part of this book) as The Doctor and Amy as his companion. In this one, Amy and The Doctor travel to an archaeological dig where the temple of the god Artemis is about to be opened. Good tidings do not follow.
I absolutely loved the story and it fits perfectly within this universe. Having this universe touching upon Greek mythology is just a perfect combination in my eyes. Then you have the actor who portrayed the character on the television screen doing the narration. This should have been a five star rating. Then what went wrong? I have to agree with many of other reviews where they had a problem with how this story was told. This audiobook had two narrators. One for The Doctor and one for Amy. The problem was with the Amy parts of the story. It wasn't the actress' fault but the material. It was told as a journal entry so it came off as it was past tense. It would go back and forth between the two narrators and it felt like it went from past tense to present tense but actually it was the same story with continuation of the same exact scene. In a word it was jarring. I understand with what the producers were going for but it did not work.
If this audiobook was told in a linear fashion with just Matt Smith doing the narration this is an easy five star rating. I don't understand why they decided to tell the story in this fashion. It is a staple of this universe that a companion will be separated from The Doctor and every other book tells it with one narrator. Too bad they tried it with this story because this story suffered from it.
This is an audiobook adventure based on the television series. This one has Matt Smith (who also narrates part of this book) as The Doctor and Amy as his companion. In this one, Amy and The Doctor travel to an archaeological dig where the temple of the god Artemis is about to be opened. Good tidings do not follow.
I absolutely loved the story and it fits perfectly within this universe. Having this universe touching upon Greek mythology is just a perfect combination in my eyes. Then you have the actor who portrayed the character on the television screen doing the narration. This should have been a five star rating. Then what went wrong? I have to agree with many of other reviews where they had a problem with how this story was told. This audiobook had two narrators. One for The Doctor and one for Amy. The problem was with the Amy parts of the story. It wasn't the actress' fault but the material. It was told as a journal entry so it came off as it was past tense. It would go back and forth between the two narrators and it felt like it went from past tense to present tense but actually it was the same story with continuation of the same exact scene. In a word it was jarring. I understand with what the producers were going for but it did not work.
If this audiobook was told in a linear fashion with just Matt Smith doing the narration this is an easy five star rating. I don't understand why they decided to tell the story in this fashion. It is a staple of this universe that a companion will be separated from The Doctor and every other book tells it with one narrator. Too bad they tried it with this story because this story suffered from it.
June 22, 2015
well not indianna jones, but i wouldn't want the doctor in a fedora.
that fez was bad enough.
that fez was bad enough.
September 2, 2014
A clever if somewhat clunky adventure by the Doctor. Told mostly in diary entries made by Amy Pond, this is a pretty good story. I would have liked it just straight adventure, as the diary entries don't add anything extra to the story telling and don't sound much like the character of Amy. Could really have been anyone.
March 18, 2018
The story could have been amazing but the two narrators were a bit off-putting and did not get the story to move forward smoothly. If you had Karen Gillan to read the Amy bits in the audio book it would have been 4 stars.
August 20, 2013
3.5 STARS
I feel like the setting and plot of this story would have made it a 5 but the way it was told was ridiculous. The attempt was to tell the story through two prespectives the first being the 'present' perspective (when the events are actually occuring)which is wonderfully narrated by Matt Smith. The second, is read by a woman who does a very very poor representation of male voices, particularly the Doctor's (by 'poor' I mean it ruins the entire story because it is laughably terrible). This woman is telling the story through Amy's diary of the events. The idea that spunky adventurous Amy is sitting around writting the events, in great detail, is ridiculous. There are even spections where we are supposed to believe that she is running from muderous hounds will writing in her diary! If the diary aspect was dropped and the entire story told from the present narrated by Matt Smith this would have been sooooo much better!
Still, the story was exciting and magical even if it felt a bit rushed.
I feel like the setting and plot of this story would have made it a 5 but the way it was told was ridiculous. The attempt was to tell the story through two prespectives the first being the 'present' perspective (when the events are actually occuring)which is wonderfully narrated by Matt Smith. The second, is read by a woman who does a very very poor representation of male voices, particularly the Doctor's (by 'poor' I mean it ruins the entire story because it is laughably terrible). This woman is telling the story through Amy's diary of the events. The idea that spunky adventurous Amy is sitting around writting the events, in great detail, is ridiculous. There are even spections where we are supposed to believe that she is running from muderous hounds will writing in her diary! If the diary aspect was dropped and the entire story told from the present narrated by Matt Smith this would have been sooooo much better!
Still, the story was exciting and magical even if it felt a bit rushed.
June 7, 2021
I really liked the story here, but it's told in a slightly clunky way. Matt Smith did a great job narrating as did Clare Corbett.
October 14, 2012
I was really looking forward to reading this one due to the name (you'd think I'd learn by now not to be lured in by a book's name alone). The Hounds of Artemis. There's a bit of Sherlock-esque to it with the hounds and Geek mythology to it with Artemis. Artemis was always my favorite goddess growing up. So I was hooked. And I got fucked. Again.
This book is read by Matt Smith (who plays the 11th Doctor) and Clare Corbett (who hasn't done anything in the TV show Doctor Who but apparently has voiced two minor characters in a 4th Doctor audio story). One supposes that Karen Gillian (who plays Amy Pond) was unavailable to voice her own character. Corbett however was utterly horrendous as voicing Pond and the Doctor. The Doctor sounds like an elderly man and Amy sounds ditzy without a trace of a Scottish accent. It was very hard to listen to with her messing up the distinct voices, especially when most of the book is narrated by her.
Goss has always been hit or miss for me, usually a miss it seems. This was another miss. This book's writing was bad. Amy is more concerned about putting on make-up and writing in her diary (since when does Amy write in a diary). The Doctor seems to be chilling out in the background in this adventure and is just content to do some archeology and let Amy do all the hard work (and when has that happened). It wasn't in-character and realistic for Doctor Who. There's also a 3rd person besides the Doctor and Amy narrating this book, the daughter (or granddaughter I forget now) of one of the archeologists in this adventure who is reading Amy's diary. The plot once you get into it isn't hard to understand and is predictable.
I can see now why this audio book was given away free in the magazine 'The Guardian' in 2011.
I suppose I would recommend this to Doctor Who fans (I mean who else really) but be warned if you are reading this just to hear Matt, he doesn't narrate that often.
This book is read by Matt Smith (who plays the 11th Doctor) and Clare Corbett (who hasn't done anything in the TV show Doctor Who but apparently has voiced two minor characters in a 4th Doctor audio story). One supposes that Karen Gillian (who plays Amy Pond) was unavailable to voice her own character. Corbett however was utterly horrendous as voicing Pond and the Doctor. The Doctor sounds like an elderly man and Amy sounds ditzy without a trace of a Scottish accent. It was very hard to listen to with her messing up the distinct voices, especially when most of the book is narrated by her.
Goss has always been hit or miss for me, usually a miss it seems. This was another miss. This book's writing was bad. Amy is more concerned about putting on make-up and writing in her diary (since when does Amy write in a diary). The Doctor seems to be chilling out in the background in this adventure and is just content to do some archeology and let Amy do all the hard work (and when has that happened). It wasn't in-character and realistic for Doctor Who. There's also a 3rd person besides the Doctor and Amy narrating this book, the daughter (or granddaughter I forget now) of one of the archeologists in this adventure who is reading Amy's diary. The plot once you get into it isn't hard to understand and is predictable.
I can see now why this audio book was given away free in the magazine 'The Guardian' in 2011.
I suppose I would recommend this to Doctor Who fans (I mean who else really) but be warned if you are reading this just to hear Matt, he doesn't narrate that often.
July 18, 2017
Dr. Who audio book of the Matt Smith/Amy Pond era read by Matt Smith and Clare Corbett.
This one starts off really well - 1929 Turkey a team of archaeologists are about to open the (cursed of course) tomb of Artemis - and when the open the seal out pop Amy and the Doctor. Having visited the Tomb of Artemis and being a big Classics fan I thoroughly enjoyed the set up here and the dog headed hybrids terrorising the locals.
I must confess though that the story peters out, an alien parasite masquerading as the goddess is feeding from her worshippers and the Doctor saves the day. There are no plot twists or anything much to keep this one interesting. There are some nice nods to the show like the Doctor eating fish fingers in custard and it's definitely from the early Matt Smith days - but it's just not the best of stories. I think this could well have benefited from being an actual episode as things like the hounds would look great on screen but aren't quite so exciting in audio.
This one starts off really well - 1929 Turkey a team of archaeologists are about to open the (cursed of course) tomb of Artemis - and when the open the seal out pop Amy and the Doctor. Having visited the Tomb of Artemis and being a big Classics fan I thoroughly enjoyed the set up here and the dog headed hybrids terrorising the locals.
I must confess though that the story peters out, an alien parasite masquerading as the goddess is feeding from her worshippers and the Doctor saves the day. There are no plot twists or anything much to keep this one interesting. There are some nice nods to the show like the Doctor eating fish fingers in custard and it's definitely from the early Matt Smith days - but it's just not the best of stories. I think this could well have benefited from being an actual episode as things like the hounds would look great on screen but aren't quite so exciting in audio.
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July 20, 2017
I enjoyed the story, and the reading my Matt Smith, and felt his parts thoroughly creep me out inside the temple of Artemis, however whenever it went to bits that were supposedly diary entries by Amy Pond, well it just kind of killed the mood the rest of it had. Still I enjoyed more of it than not.
January 26, 2020
Listened to the audiobook with Matt Smith part of it a diary (where i still dont know when Amy had the time to write it) and some fills in the gaps in Matts voice. The hounds, the hounds ;) no spoilers.
July 15, 2020
Nice short who-venture. I enjoyed it but I did feel it was a bit clunky. The switching between Matt Smith and Clare Corbett could of been smoother as well. Over all it was exciting and as always Matt Smith makes things fun.
February 14, 2021
I enjoyed this - Matt Smith again is fabulous at creating an image in your mind and his enthusiasm really helps bring the story to life. I enjoyed that it also had Clare Corbett reading parts as well (Amy's letters and POV's) which was interesting as well.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 6, 2024
I enjoyed this short story. The setting was intriguing. I thought having the story told via one of the character's granddaughters after receiving her grandfather's journal worked well. Felt bad for most of the other people as this one had a high body count.
November 18, 2017
Mediocre story that did not benefit from the long pauses between narrators or the combination of character (Matt Smith) and outside narrators.
March 10, 2019
It just doesn’t get any better than this. Thousand year old ancient evil turning people into cannibalistic dogs and the Doctor saving the day.
May 10, 2019
What a great read by Matt Smith and Clara Corbett.
The adventure was fun and fast it was very short but I enjoyed it.
I don't think there's much doctor who related I don't like lol
The adventure was fun and fast it was very short but I enjoyed it.
I don't think there's much doctor who related I don't like lol
February 17, 2020
Liked the adventure, but the double narrators was very jarring. Didn't really do anything for the story.
January 21, 2022
A really good one read by Matt Smith.
August 9, 2022
3.5 - 3.75 easy. Definitely captured the early adventures of 11 and Amy perfectly. Didn't hurt having Smith reprise his role for the audio
February 3, 2016
Короткие аудиоистории грешат слабеньким сюжетом и скучными второстепенными персонажами, однако ж я не теряю надежды выцепить жемчужинки из потока бибисишного шлака. Я уже немножко отошла от первоначального excitement’а касательно любого появления Доктора в моей жизни оО
Мне совсем не импонирует Эми, которая вместо беготни в духе run for your life аккуратно записывает события в блокнотик. Это разве Эми? Меня умиляют моменты вроде этого: «я спряталась за деревом... слышу дыхание псов... я пишу эти слова в дневничок, прислоненный к дереву, при неверном свете фонарика, который я держу во второй руке, ведь сейчас непроглядная ночь...» Мне тяжело представить человека в подобной ситуации пишущим дневник, не то что Эми. Плюс озвучивает ее не Гиллан, а какая-то тетенька с приторным голоском. Таким сюси-пуси-няняня. А какие она берет высокие ноты – у меня уши закладывало от ее визга. Скоттиш акцент? Увольте.
А вот Мэтт Смит очарователен в аудио-формате. Особенно приятна для ушей его привычка разгоняться с растягивания слов в начале предложения до неимоверной быстроты к концу, когда он тараторит что-то как пулемет и фиг поспеешь за его мыслями.
История стара как мир – инопланетяне притворяются богами. Развязка пфе, остальные герои не ахти, и это при условии, что уж няшка Госс мог бы расстараться и придумать что-нибудь невообразимо прекрасное. Я симпатизирую Артемиде и греческой мифологии в целом, но ее тут явно оплевали. Ну, побегали, попугались, победили и венцом – завершающая запись в дневничке. Собственно, проспи я половину аудиоадвенчуры, ничего бы не потеряла (скорее приобрела – полчаса здорового сна).
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Мне совсем не импонирует Эми, которая вместо беготни в духе run for your life аккуратно записывает события в блокнотик. Это разве Эми? Меня умиляют моменты вроде этого: «я спряталась за деревом... слышу дыхание псов... я пишу эти слова в дневничок, прислоненный к дереву, при неверном свете фонарика, который я держу во второй руке, ведь сейчас непроглядная ночь...» Мне тяжело представить человека в подобной ситуации пишущим дневник, не то что Эми. Плюс озвучивает ее не Гиллан, а какая-то тетенька с приторным голоском. Таким сюси-пуси-няняня. А какие она берет высокие ноты – у меня уши закладывало от ее визга. Скоттиш акцент? Увольте.
А вот Мэтт Смит очарователен в аудио-формате. Особенно приятна для ушей его привычка разгоняться с растягивания слов в начале предложения до неимоверной быстроты к концу, когда он тараторит что-то как пулемет и фиг поспеешь за его мыслями.
История стара как мир – инопланетяне притворяются богами. Развязка пфе, остальные герои не ахти, и это при условии, что уж няшка Госс мог бы расстараться и придумать что-нибудь невообразимо прекрасное. Я симпатизирую Артемиде и греческой мифологии в целом, но ее тут явно оплевали. Ну, побегали, попугались, победили и венцом – завершающая запись в дневничке. Собственно, проспи я половину аудиоадвенчуры, ничего бы не потеряла (скорее приобрела – полчаса здорового сна).
annikeh.net
July 17, 2015
This story was bad, but not as bad as everyone says. I'd give it 2.5 stars if I could, but I think it's just worthy of a 3.
It's told from the separate points of view of the Doctor and Amy...sort of. It features Clare Corbett reading from the Amy's diary, scattered with segments performed by Matt Smith. This aspect didn't bother me, and to be frank I thought it was quite creative; both actors gave fine performances, and it was a joy to hear Matt Smith's voice in something 'new'.
The story, however, was like a bad episode of the TV series. It was slow to get started and followed a painfully predictable formula (which I won't mention for fear of spoiling the end...not that it would matter much). The supporting characters were two-dimensional, and I wasn't a massive fan of the portrayal of Amy. The only saving grace was Smith's ability to breathe life into the Doctor and make the audiobook feel like a true Doctor Who story.
In short, everything about this release was mediocre. If I'm not mistaken, Matt Smith only ever did three voice performances for Doctor Who, so The Hounds of Artemis was really a wasted opportunity. The story could have taken advantage of the fact that the only man who could truly voice the Doctor was on board; but it is what it is, and the story is worth a listen if you crave a new performance from Matt Smith.
It's told from the separate points of view of the Doctor and Amy...sort of. It features Clare Corbett reading from the Amy's diary, scattered with segments performed by Matt Smith. This aspect didn't bother me, and to be frank I thought it was quite creative; both actors gave fine performances, and it was a joy to hear Matt Smith's voice in something 'new'.
The story, however, was like a bad episode of the TV series. It was slow to get started and followed a painfully predictable formula (which I won't mention for fear of spoiling the end...not that it would matter much). The supporting characters were two-dimensional, and I wasn't a massive fan of the portrayal of Amy. The only saving grace was Smith's ability to breathe life into the Doctor and make the audiobook feel like a true Doctor Who story.
In short, everything about this release was mediocre. If I'm not mistaken, Matt Smith only ever did three voice performances for Doctor Who, so The Hounds of Artemis was really a wasted opportunity. The story could have taken advantage of the fact that the only man who could truly voice the Doctor was on board; but it is what it is, and the story is worth a listen if you crave a new performance from Matt Smith.
February 10, 2017
A two rare two handed BBC audiobook where Matt Smith and Clare Corbett read the book with Ms. Corbett reading from Amy Pond's general. The story has the Doctor and Amy arriving to uncover the purported tomb of Artemis with an expedition that's been plagued by disappearances.
This is a very good story of the haunted archaeological dig story but done superbly well There's a great deal of atmosphere and suspense throughout, leading to the opening of the tomb and some very creepy moments. There's also a few bits of humor, though nothing over the top that would undermine the horror element of the story.
The two reader format works well most of the time and overall adds to the story despite a few awkward moments. Overall, this is one of the better 11th Doctor Audiobooks.
This is a very good story of the haunted archaeological dig story but done superbly well There's a great deal of atmosphere and suspense throughout, leading to the opening of the tomb and some very creepy moments. There's also a few bits of humor, though nothing over the top that would undermine the horror element of the story.
The two reader format works well most of the time and overall adds to the story despite a few awkward moments. Overall, this is one of the better 11th Doctor Audiobooks.
May 24, 2014
I listened to the audiobook as a way to distract myself on my long commutes and boy was it distracting...but in a bad way. It was just barely enjoyable, only because of the Matt Smith parts. Yes parts. He doesn't read the whole thing. :( The lady reader wasn't bad-well her Doctor was awful-but I did not enjoy the whole set up with the diary. It would be different if writing in a diary was something Amy Pond normally did. It is not so it was strange to have her constantly writing. "Well there are these murderous wolf like creatures chasing me and the Doctor is in trouble but I am going to sit in my tent and write in my diary. Wait, better yet, I shall run through the desert in a dress and I shall write in my diary!" Ugh, what? The plot was okay, just ignore the gaping plot holes like where the Tardis is and why hasn't the Doctor used his sonic before now. I liked the idea of an archeological dig with the Doctor but I just don't feel it was executed well. I wouldn't recommend buying the audiobook as it costs a lot, is only barely an hour long, Matt doesn't read even half of it, and it just isn't very good. You're not missing much if you skip this one.
July 13, 2023
It is 1929 in Smyra, Turkey. The archaeology expedition of Lord Woolcroft are breaking the seals on the lost Tomb of Artemis, closed to the world for thousands of years, but there's someone inside. Out step ... the Doctor and Amy Pond, only a few feet out but definately on the wrong side of the door. The Doctor has come to discover the answer to the mystery of the expedition that made a young archaeologist's name when he was the only surviving member.
A curse is stalking the expedition, people are disappearing leaving only a few workers from the nearby village, the junior archaeologist Bradley Stapleton, the 'money' Lord Woolcroft and the expedition artist. As the story unfolds, told by Amy in the form of a diary, it becomes clear that the Doctor is up against an ancient evil, a goddess who is not all she appears to be.
Well narrated by Clare Corbett as the descendent of Bradley and as Amy and Matt Smith as the Doctor.
A curse is stalking the expedition, people are disappearing leaving only a few workers from the nearby village, the junior archaeologist Bradley Stapleton, the 'money' Lord Woolcroft and the expedition artist. As the story unfolds, told by Amy in the form of a diary, it becomes clear that the Doctor is up against an ancient evil, a goddess who is not all she appears to be.
Well narrated by Clare Corbett as the descendent of Bradley and as Amy and Matt Smith as the Doctor.
March 19, 2011
I had been very much looking forward to this audiobook, featuring the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond, after Goss's brilliant Tenth Doctor story, Dead Air. In the event I was very slightly disappointed, in that rather than the promised Matt Smith / Karen Gillan double bill of readers, Smith is joined instead by Clare Corbett (who had two minor but still memorable parts in the Tom Baker Hornet's Nest audios). But that was really the only problem; it's a great tale of archaeological investigations in 1929 uncovering an ancient horror, a story which has of course been done many times before (including several times in Doctor Who, one of which is indeed explicitly referenced) but done here with humour and sympathy as well as easy horror, and with lots of rather glorious character moments for Smith as the Doctor. Well worth hunting down
April 18, 2016
If you can get past the admittedly strange alternating narrators and the idea that for some reason Amy Pond would decide to write in a DIARY while in MORTAL PERIL; the story is entertaining. It's a bit like the 3rd doctor episode: The Daemons (with the mystery unearthed in an underground tomb). Matt Smith's parts are really enjoyable (though he still struggles with an Amy Pond accent) but the diary portions definitely feel forced and have unnecessary lead-ins for each "The NEXT entry in Amy's diary is a bit daring... This NEXT entry in Amy Pond's diary is..." Repetitive and the pauses between these lead-ins and the actual "text" of the diaries made the performance drag a bit. But still it kept me listening for the Matt Smith parts and the story was okay overall; not great though.
May 26, 2011
A relatively short (at just over an hour) but exciting story, The Hounds of Artemis provides a great listen which would most certainly live up any boring car journey.
The Doctor and Amy are at the site of an archaeological dig in which the Tomb of Artemis is opened. As expected with a Dr Who adventure, the contents are the tomb aren't quite what was expected.
The audio book is duel narrated by both Clare Corbett and Matt Smith (the Eleventh Doctor). Personally I enjoyed listening to Matt's parts a little more as he brought a touch of the Doctor's franticness to the story but that's not to say the other bits weren't good as well.
The Doctor and Amy are at the site of an archaeological dig in which the Tomb of Artemis is opened. As expected with a Dr Who adventure, the contents are the tomb aren't quite what was expected.
The audio book is duel narrated by both Clare Corbett and Matt Smith (the Eleventh Doctor). Personally I enjoyed listening to Matt's parts a little more as he brought a touch of the Doctor's franticness to the story but that's not to say the other bits weren't good as well.
March 30, 2012
Not that this was a bad story per se, but the way it was presented with alternating narrators and trying to have it be through a diary entry of Amy felt a clunky way to cover that they couldn't get the actress to read the part for herself. Whether that's the case or not, I don't know, just generally didn't enjoy it that much.
If this was the height of Doctor Who audiobooks I might be willing to give it a 3, but there are much better ones out there so this maybe this wouldn't be a bad launching point if you've never listened to one before.
Maybe 1 star is a bit harsh, but I didn't like it, and that's what Goodreads says 1 star is.
If this was the height of Doctor Who audiobooks I might be willing to give it a 3, but there are much better ones out there so this maybe this wouldn't be a bad launching point if you've never listened to one before.
Maybe 1 star is a bit harsh, but I didn't like it, and that's what Goodreads says 1 star is.
March 17, 2012
I'm a sucker for lycanthropy, but this was one of the best books I've read so far in the Doctor Who audiobook series. The premise was interesting and felt more unique than the last two stories.
My one complaint about this story is the framing method. About half of the story comes to us from the perspective of a woman reading Amy's diary -which is all well and good until the journal entries start happening "live." It's a bit difficult to believe that Amy would be writing while running away of hiding without an adequately explored reason.
Still, I had fun reading this story.
My one complaint about this story is the framing method. About half of the story comes to us from the perspective of a woman reading Amy's diary -which is all well and good until the journal entries start happening "live." It's a bit difficult to believe that Amy would be writing while running away of hiding without an adequately explored reason.
Still, I had fun reading this story.
May 3, 2013
The setting and plot were appealing. I feel Doctor Who lends itself well to the early 20th Century and this tale of 1920s Middle Eastern archaeology worked well with its cast of recognisable yet individual characters
It was very badly let down by the presentation with Claire Corbett reading the part of a descendant reading Amy Pond's diary in Amy's voice - a diary written, we are expected to believe, quite literally on the run. This alternated with Matt Smith reading. He was of course splendid but the whole thing ended up as neither a good reading of a book nor a BigFinish style audio drama.
It was very badly let down by the presentation with Claire Corbett reading the part of a descendant reading Amy Pond's diary in Amy's voice - a diary written, we are expected to believe, quite literally on the run. This alternated with Matt Smith reading. He was of course splendid but the whole thing ended up as neither a good reading of a book nor a BigFinish style audio drama.
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