The Ghosts of N-Space [AUDIO/1996.1.20 ~ 2.24]

★★★☆☆

  This may come as a surprise (hur hur)... but The Ghosts of N-Space is rather similar to The Paradise of Death in all but actual narrative. The strength of the performances, the sound design, the amount of ambition (which is to say, not the most impressive amount I've seen in a Doctor Who story), they're all very comparable. I'd say that if you've already experienced The Paradise of Death and have enjoyed it, chances are that you'll like this too. If you haven't, well, it wouldn't hurt to stay away.

  What I will say about this audio drama, though, is the fact that it creaks at the seams as the runtime goes on. Six-parters tend to be crushed under their own weight sometimes, and unfortunately it becomes more apparent as time goes on that this would've fit a four-part structure much more than six. Filler, and rather uneventful filler at that, can be found mainly in the third and fourth episodes as well, and I rather found myself looking forward to the end-of-episode stinger in some cases — never a good sign. It doesn't help that Jeremy Fitzoliver is back and continues to be the most deplorable, annoying upper-class git imaginable. Whining over the most infinitesimal things, all that whining... I couldn't wait to hear the end of him.

*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ  

  Still, I very much enjoyed The Ghosts of N-Space as a whole; it's just that the flaws here were even more gaping this time around. Jon Pertwee is still fantastic as the Third Doctor, and it's sad that he passed away shortly after this was broadcast. A six-part trek through a family bloodline's past to solve mysteries about ghosts and poltergeists... there's plenty to enjoy in this audio drama.