BF99 - Son of the Dragon

[leoniedelt]

Son of the Dragon - Big Finish 99.

Holy wow. Guh. Dracula himself. Wowzers.

Peter sounds so... sarcastic, weathered, serious, weary (like he was in Caves), forceful, regretful - perfect portrayal of Audio!Five. Who is subtly, and powerfully different than TV!Five.

Erimem and Peri were actually entertaining, rather than fucking annoying as I often find them, though i can *still* hear the errors in Nicola's accent. She was well used in this one, though Caroline Morris's Erimem was sidelined, Peri positively *glittered*. I'm gobsmacked, considering I don't much care for Peri...

Gothic music, chilling storyline, spot on characterisations, just, wow. This was on par with Spare Parts, in the shivers-down-my-spine bloody good audio department.

Well done, Big Finish.

Comments

[pmoodie.livejournal.com]

I've got quite a few of the Five/Peri/Erimem jobs, but not this one. Sounds like my cup-o-tea. :)

*scuttles off to order from Amazon*

I usually find Peri and Erimem quite entertaining, but that's probably because I could happily listen to Nicola Bryant reading her gorcery list. That woman's so damned sexy there ought to be a law against it! :)

[leoniedelt.livejournal.com]

Nicola has a lovely voice, but not so sure about the rubbish accent... Erimem can aggravate with all her "i'm egyptian and i don't know about english or modern society" stuff, frankly - i get tired of having things *I* already know explained to me as she learns, kwim? Still, a shockingly GOOD story, in all.

[pmoodie.livejournal.com]

Well you're American of course, so you'll spot the "imperfections" in Peri's accent a lot more easily than me, and be more aggravated by them too. Like the way people doing crappy Scottish accents aggravates me! Grr!

And I know what you mean about Erimem needing to have things explained to her. It's always a tricky balancing act with these characters to not make them annoying. If it's well written and acted it can be cute and humorous, but it often isn't.

In this case, I'm probably just suckered in by the nice girly voices! LOL

[leoniedelt.livejournal.com]

you.. you you MAN you! ;)

Yep, i can hear every slip of the tongue she makes. ;)

Oh, i bet the crappily Scottish accents really burn you. I love Tennant's native accent for example; I've no idea why he didn't get to keep it. Guess it was too rough for the worldwide audience who may not be able to understand a gorgeous Glaswegian burr. Bummer really as its more gorgeous than that fakey Mockney affair he uses in character!