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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Doctor Who Embrace the Darkness by Nicholas Briggs Embrace the Darkness. Embrace the Darkness is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . Contents. The Doctor and Charley encounter an ancient race in the Cimmerian System, whose return could prove apocalyptic. But as the Darkness envelops the station the Doctor learns that their seemingly evil acts might be more than they appear. The Doctor — Paul McGann — India Fisher Ferras — Lee Moone Haliard — Mark McDonnell Orllesnsa — Nicola Boyce ROSM — Ian Brooker. Trivia. The name of the robotic control system, ROSM, is clearly an homage to the title character Rossum in R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), a Czech play from 1921, which first introduced the word 'robot' to the general lexicon. In episode 2, the Doctor quotes from Romeo and Juliet ("jocund day stands tiptoe"). 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Paul McGann ( The Doctor ), India Fisher ( Charley Pollard ), Nicola Boyce ( Orllensa ), Lee Moone ( Ferras ), Mark McDonnell ( Haliard ), Ian Brooker ( ROSM / Solarian / Cimmerian ), Nicholas Briggs ( Cimmerian Voice ) Doctor Who: Embrace the Darkness by Nicholas Briggs. Released April 2002. The second run of Big Finish stories featuring the Eighth Doctor and Charley continues with ‘Embrace the Darkness,’ finding the duo in the Cimmerian System after attempting to avoid an unknown presence in the time vortex. The system’s sun has mysteriously vanished, and as the Doctor’s curiosity gets the better of him, he investigates the cause, coming across a troubled scientific base on the fourth planet as well as an evil lurking in the darkness along the way. Nicholas Briggs serves as both writer and director for ‘Embrace the Darkness,’ and the result is a truly disturbing production that focuses on its own story rather than tying into the larger narrative or continuing on with events from the previous release. The setup for the story is absolutely perfect, the scenes with the Doctor and Charley aptly creating a sense of mystery about why the sun disappeared like it did and the scenes aboard the base with its three main characters beginning to reveal the plight they find themselves in now that darkness is omnipresent. Plunging the characters into complete darkness actually proves to be a masterstroke not only as a plot device but as a scripting device as well. One of the most recurring issues with early Big Finish releases is that they sometimes rely too heavily on descriptive dialogue. That is obviously impossible here and, as the threat is conveyed solely through sound, the audience is often in the exact same position as the character involved. This can sometimes make the revelation of events take a little longer than otherwise, but it also serves to heighten the tension and, when realization hits such as during the first cliffhanger, to truly increase the value and meaning of events. The pace and progression of the plot throughout the story is pretty much as good as it can be. Following the exposition in the first episode, the plot twists and revelations of events on Cimmeria IV continue to arrive at perfect intervals, never allowing the action or mystery to lull too much at any one point. The resolution is quite surprising as neither the Cimmerians nor the Solarians seem to be the threat they are initially billed as, and although events all make sense in the grand scheme of things, it does also give a slight sense of an anticlimax. As always, Paul McGann and India Fisher are on top form, and the consecutive releases really give a sense of continuity and consistency to their performances. The Eighth Doctor is again portrayed as one who can’t resist a mystery, brimming with enthusiasm and curiosity, and it’s great to see how inspirational his acts are on Charley who continues to become a seasoned adventuress in her own right. Fisher manages to instill just the right combination of feistiness and emotion in her character and proves adept at anchoring the shocking events of a cliffhanger here as well. Although the supporting cast is quite small, each of its members gives a fairly strong performance as well, though Lee Moone’s Ferras is relegated more to the background than the others. Mark McDonnell’s Haliard is the standout due to his dry humour and more approachable demeanour, and he is quite convincing when negatively impacted by surrounding events. Nicola Boyce’s Orllensa suffers more negatively in terms of characterization as she is affected by events, turning progressively more cold and cynical. While it’s understandable to an extent, the level of derision is a bit too extreme to be enjoyable and just doesn’t seems like a fully logical progression for the character despite the good acting. The final major character, played very well by Ian Booker, is the Rescue Operational Security Module (ROSM) who proves to be an interesting foil for the Doctor here as he tries to figure out where he is and what is happening around him. ‘Embrace the Darkness’ is an interesting release and one that, for the most part, manages to make a success of its experimental setting and intriguing storyline. Undoubtedly, though, this tale will most be remembered for the disturbing imagery that the characters physically can’t describe to the listeners, and that is certainly its biggest triumph. The ending may seem a bit of a letdown and some reactions to the darkness aren’t quite in line with reasonable expectations, but the overall experience is an enjoyable one and a strong continuation to McGann’s 2002 outings. Nicholas Briggs. Briggs was one of several actors who cut their teeth on fan-made Doctor Who -related/inspired productions and who later got to work on the official series. Prior to his work on the TV series, Briggs played an active role in Doctor Who fandom since the 1980s. He also worked with Reeltime Pictures, hosting Myth Makers , a long-running series of made-for-video interview documentaries featuring cast and crew of Doctor Who .

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