Saturday, 29 June 2024

Alrightlistens: These AudioGO to Eleven

Oli Smith, Doctor Who: The Runaway Train

2010 / Audiobook

**

Wild West tropes crowd aboard this creaky locomotive that's mainly noteworthy for being driven by Matt Smith himself, complete with an awkward co-star impersonation and one American accent.


Stephen Cole, Doctor Who: The Ring of Steel

2010 / Audiobook

***

The right balance of sincere cheese. It doesn't really suit this era, but it couldn't have known that yet.


Martin Day, Doctor Who: The Jade Pyramid

2011 / Audiobook

***

Ninjas and samurai are a glaring oversight of the TV adventures, now that you mention it, and that's enough novelty to see it through. Matt doesn't do the accents this time, for some reason.


James Goss, Doctor Who: The Hounds of Artemis

2011 / Audiobook

**

Stock horror made less appealing by the strange split narration. Maybe Matt was too busy to read the whole thing, and it wasn't just that he couldn't be arsed.


Jason Arnopp, Doctor Who: The Gemini Contagion

2011 / Audiobook

**

Black Mirror, Jr.