Evil Ted Reviews- Doctor Who: Dark Eyes

There have been so many regenerations of The Doctor, but the only one that was short lived was the 8^th Doctor. The 8^th regeneration, played by Paul McGann, first hit the screens in 1996 on Fox when he regenerated from the 7^th Doctor, played by Sylvester McCoy. Since then he’s been traveling through space and time on all kinds of adventures in book and audio form, with many companions like Grace Holloway (TV Only), Lucie Miller (Audio Play), and his latest companion Molly O'Sullivan aka Dark Eyes.

Dark Eyes is an audio drama set after the audio episode “To the Death”, as we hear The Doctor dealing with the events of the last story while being sent on a mission by the Timelords who have uncovered terrifying fragments of an insane plot to destroy the universe. And somehow, at the centre of that plot is one, random female in Earth’s history, Molly O'Sullivan. Now Doctor and Molly find themselves thrown headlong into a series of dangerous and terrifying adventures with the Daleks on their tails.

This audio adventure is a pretty good follow up to the last one because we get hear the Doctor kinda still grieving of the loss of his last companion. He hear him go through the motions when it comes to the one’s he has lost big time and when he deals with the Daleks he is beyond mad. All throughout though he is trying to figure out Molly, why her eyes are so dark, why she can fly the TARDIS, and why the Daleks and Timelords want her.

Looking at the cover of this audio drama, you get to see the 8^th Doctor’s new outfit and screwdriver. This much explained in the behind the scenes audio feature, but this will mark the first time the Doctor changes up his clothes and sonic screwdriver. The outfit was reviled about three years ago at “Armageddon Pop Culture Expo 2010”. Although I do like the new outfit, I do miss the old one a bit. It had a Victorian feeling to it that I liked and he the hair is what made it work, but I can understand the need for change.

Anyway, if you like Doctor Who, if you like audio dramas, this is for you. You basically get one full season of Doctor Who in four parts. It’s not the end though, oh no. There will be more Dark Eyes adventures on the upcoming 8^th Doctor Adventures, Dark Eyes 2 & 3 both coming out in 2014, and Dark Eyes 4, coming out in 2015. 

   

You can currently find the story at Big Finish or Amazon. 

 

 Dark Eyes (Doctor Who)