‘Hello, I’m the Doctor. And, if you can hear this, then one of us is going to die.’ At the bottom of the sea, in the wreck of a floating radio station, a lost recording has been discovered. After careful restoration, it is played – to reveal something incredible. It is the voice of the Doctor, broadcasting from Radio Bravo in 1966.
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Hush hush I thought that would be the last bbc audio story featuring the tenth doctor, but this one then slipped into the schedules at rather short notice.This follows a slightly different format to the previous releases in this range because ir’s only one disc long rather than two, featuring two episodes that run for roughly thirty five minutes each.And it’s formatted slightly differently also, because it’s presented – via a short announcement at the beginning – as being a recording found on a sunken vessel. Which turns out to have been made by the Doctor. The Doctor tells the tale of how he arrived on a pirate radio vessel in the 1960’s, on the trail of a living weapon called the hush. This kills anything that issues a sound.David Tennant thus reads the whole thing in character, but as before also provides voices for the supporting characters.This follows the classic doctor who format of an isolated place coming under attack from alien menace. The Doctor works alongside a liverpudlian girl called Layla to find the hush. She’s quite an appealing character, having a lot of common sense and a determined attitude.The whole setting is very convincing really feeling like it’s set in the sixties, thanks not least to references of audio technology of the time. And what will follow.Once you get past all the set up in part one you do then find yourself waiting for something to happen as the Doctor and Layla are searching the boat for their quarry. But then a very good cliffhanger provides the jolt the story requires.It gets even better in part two, though, as it uses the format of audio to it’s full effect. This would be a hard story to do on tv. There’s a subtle air of menace to part two, which makes it just the kind of thing to listen to on long winter evenings with the curtains drawn and the lights down low. And there are a few good surprises and plot developments you won’t see coming along the way.It does also go nicely against cliche at the end. The Doctor saying something a little different to what he usually does when he resolves things.Do also be sure to play the cd to the very end of the final track.Short and sweet and one more tenth doctor story. Well worth a listen.
Not like other Doctor Who audio books… Unlike the other Doctor Who audio books which are just that, books, this one is rather different. It is read by David Tennant of course and he does do it ever so well, but its also read by the Doctor. The best way to describe it is just like someone reading a journal. Up until the end of course.I would recomend it, not as long as the other books, only 1 hour 10 minutes run time but I did laugh a little and yes there are things that you can see coming. Still a great one.