A great story, and a brilliant addition to the sixth doctors
big finish range. I went into this knowing that the sixth doctor was “my”
doctor, and that it would be entertaining no matter how the story was. My hopes
for this story was fulfilled. I had my suspicions that something was up with
the Doctor from the first episode, when he didn’t recognise Flip. But I quickly
put it down to the fact that he’s lived for a long time, so he may have just
forgotten about her. The cliff hanger of episode 2 really did take me by
surprise, when it was revealed that the Doctor and Davros had switched minds.
Was Napoleon really THAT good a leader? Why did Davros
choose Napoleon, when he had the choice of Churchill, maybe Hitler- or even a
Sontaran strategist? I’ll put this down to big finish wanting an episode with
Napoleon in it, and the writer (Jonathan
Morris) just accommodated to their wishes.
There was some things that I was shocked at, in this story.
Just small things- such as how the upper-half of Davros’ casing was light
enough for Flip to lift. What exactly is it made of? I would have thought that
it would have been thick, heavy, bullet proof casing. But Flip didn’t sound
like she was struggling with it at all. I suppose it could just be light-weight
dalektanium…
I’m not a big fan of flip. I barely remember her from her
first appearance (The Crimes of Thomas Brewster) the only scene I remember her
from is when she is stuck on a train, with her boyfriend and the wonderful
Evelyn Smythe. But she seems to be too young. The sixth Doctor now officially
has had the oldest human companion the doctor has ever travelled with (Evelyn
Smythe) and the youngest companion. (Flip)
I’ll do a review of the sixth
doctors big finish run, soon, and take a look at why the sixth doctor is used
an experiment for different companions.
I only hope that “The Fourth Wall” is good, which would mean the sixth
doctor had had yet another successful year of big finish. Fingers crossed!
In conclusion, “The Curse of
Davros” is a decent story, but Flip brings it down. But it’s slightly better than
average, in all fairness.
7/10
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