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

[nine-girl.livejournal.com]

I had the same reaction, I had to keep reminding myself that this was *Peri* and one of my least favourite companions, LOL! I really thought this was a magnificent epic, and the history behind it was spot-on. :D

[ponygirl72.livejournal.com]

Oh, my god...

That impalement scene, right at the beginning? Wow. I remember thinking "how do you follow that?" And then, the WHOLE THING was like that.

Brilliant. Awesome. Add your own adjective here.

And it's even more impressive when you do a bit of research on the historical facts surrounding those events, and see how seamlessly the writer slotted our heroes into recorded history. [/blown away]

[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! :)