Doctor Who: Dead Air
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Doctor Who: Dead Air
Narrated by:
David Tennant
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Narrated by:
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David Tennant
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James Goss
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Critic reviews
Loaded with tension and scares
there are some great lines and Tennant's voice work is a delight
Dead Air is a real delight – innovative, inspired and quite easily the pick of the tenth Doctor audio exclusives. (E. G. Wolverson)
I liked the way the story was introduced as if it had been found in an archive, and there was a good sense of being in the 1960s without that being laboured.
Story
The story develops well and has some genuinely creepy “hide behind the sofa” moments which is hard to achieve on audio alone. It was a clever idea to have the alien threat being “The Hush” because that does work well on audio. This is not “The Silence” from the Matt Smith series, it’s another kind of critter entirely.
Characters
Dr Who is brilliant as always. The other characters were well drawn by author James Foss, as in describing one of the crew as, “DJ Jasper wasn’t just wearing a cardigan, he looked like he sold them.” I cared what happened to them. I loved the way David Tennant characterised Layla (apologies if I have got the spelling wrong).
Presentation
The sound quality is excellent. The story is read by David Tennant. As much as I do like Matt Smith, I miss David Tennant’s Dr Who and hearing him read a story was like finding an episode I’d missed. You can hear the manic grin in his voice, brilliant!
Overall
The story is just over an hour long, which is a perfect time to listen while doing the ironing, gardening etc. Or just listen to it as a bedtime story and get an even creepier effect when you’re listening in the dark! I have listened to this audiobook three times since I bought it last November and if I lost my copy I would definitely buy another one, so it gets my top rating of *****.
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Tennant is one of my favourite Doctors and this is another supremely enjoyable production. My only reason for dropping a star is that at only 72min, I think that in general, it's quite expensive at full price.
Great story. Tennant is awesome as ever!
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A really good listen for a bit of nostalgia!
Mmmmm....David Tennant
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A good old-fashioned modern ghost story
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Brilliant
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