If I had to make a list of my top five favorite Doctor Who storylines ever; tv show, audio, comic (not that I’ve read any of those), book, whatever this would be on it.
First off it has Mel. I love Mel. I kinda dread finally seeing an episode with her because apparently she is not awesome. Audio Mel is made of win. Flip-Flop is made of win. And Seven is made of win.
I hadn’t actually read anything about the plot for this before I listened to it, so was confused by the lack of CD1 or CD2 and instead the choice of Black or White. I randomly picked one and went at it. Imagine my delight when I found out it doesn’t matter which one you start with because each side you start with because each one ends with the beginning of the other. It was brilliant. The Doctor and Mel are looking for some crystals to stop something or another and end up on the only planet in the universe that has them. Only before they can cause any trouble they’re already wanted by the authorities and are arrested.
This leads on into the story of how they piss off the authorities and cause themselves to be arrested. Because the planet has a very neat paradox attached to it wherein each timeline creates the other. It’s brilliant and I love Mel’s drawn out explanations of things the Doctor just said. The way they have to deal with running into alterna!versions of the people they already knew. The way both sets leave the problem to their other set to fix. The entire circular nature of the storyline. It’s brilliant.
Also I love Mel.
