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beccaelizabethOnce again a box that is difficult to give a star rating because it's three very different things.
I gave it 4/5 but am tempted to take half a star off that.
The first adventure was very good and had a lot to say about monsters and stories. Also some characters used they/them pronouns. The usual rates of terrible things happening made that a bit awkward but they were included.
The second adventure had Iris Wildthyme, and people who find that funny will probably like this one. I could tell the actors were having fun so that's always nice. But I find Iris kind of A Lot. I wasn't liking it but then it landed hard on themes about ageing and wanting the other sort of time machine, the one where you get a do over or just get to be young for a bit, only the TARDIS cannot do that (except that one time with a Slitheen egg which is obviously an outlier). So then it was about revisiting the places and stories from when you were young, and at least getting to feel young again that way. So really it landed on my feels from a height, whilst including Iris, which made it unexpected.
The third story was both acted and narrated, which is the format for a Chronicle, not an Adventure. I like the Adventures much more and tend to have my mind wander a bit with the distancing the narrated bits give to a Chronicle. So the story had interesting bits, but I want to take a star off for it belonging in a different box, sort of thing. The stuff about a designed slave race that is created to latch on to someone else to give them purpose was a good vehicle for making you have a think about characters. And the way the Doctor and Mrs Clarke took turns telling it and told overlapping bits slightly differently was good. Different interpretations of very similar things again give you an interesting window. And both of them had found someone to tell the story *to*, which was another layer of interesting. And the way they perceive the slave race is very interesting, and the storytelling perspectives give a window the Adventure wouldn't.
I just like Adventures more, without narration, just sitting on the inside having Adventure happen.
Still, it's good stuff within that format, and Constance mentions losing so many things including her entire body, which is nice to hear her react to.
They're good stories for what they're trying to do but I feel like it's hard to be in the mood for the three in a row.
I gave it 4/5 but am tempted to take half a star off that.
The first adventure was very good and had a lot to say about monsters and stories. Also some characters used they/them pronouns. The usual rates of terrible things happening made that a bit awkward but they were included.
The second adventure had Iris Wildthyme, and people who find that funny will probably like this one. I could tell the actors were having fun so that's always nice. But I find Iris kind of A Lot. I wasn't liking it but then it landed hard on themes about ageing and wanting the other sort of time machine, the one where you get a do over or just get to be young for a bit, only the TARDIS cannot do that (except that one time with a Slitheen egg which is obviously an outlier). So then it was about revisiting the places and stories from when you were young, and at least getting to feel young again that way. So really it landed on my feels from a height, whilst including Iris, which made it unexpected.
The third story was both acted and narrated, which is the format for a Chronicle, not an Adventure. I like the Adventures much more and tend to have my mind wander a bit with the distancing the narrated bits give to a Chronicle. So the story had interesting bits, but I want to take a star off for it belonging in a different box, sort of thing. The stuff about a designed slave race that is created to latch on to someone else to give them purpose was a good vehicle for making you have a think about characters. And the way the Doctor and Mrs Clarke took turns telling it and told overlapping bits slightly differently was good. Different interpretations of very similar things again give you an interesting window. And both of them had found someone to tell the story *to*, which was another layer of interesting. And the way they perceive the slave race is very interesting, and the storytelling perspectives give a window the Adventure wouldn't.
I just like Adventures more, without narration, just sitting on the inside having Adventure happen.
Still, it's good stuff within that format, and Constance mentions losing so many things including her entire body, which is nice to hear her react to.
They're good stories for what they're trying to do but I feel like it's hard to be in the mood for the three in a row.