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For many, the Americanised
TV movie
dulled much of the Doctor's enduring
idiosyncracies and, well, Englishness. Big Finish, in a wonderfully inspired
move, chose 1930s Britain as the stage for McGann to resume active Who duty,
placing him on board the R-101 airship which crashed on its maiden voyage,
killing all 54 passengers and crew.
Storm Warning makes good use of historical fact (references to the 1919
Treaty Of Versailles and the subsequent reparations that led to Hitler's
rise; the imminent technology which would arise in World War II) while
fashioning a dramatised account of the ship's voyage (including fictionalised
protagonists to protect the memory of its real-life victims) around a
splendidly engrossing sci-fi thriller.
The closing scene feels oddly trite, throwing up a troubling space-time
dilemma before abruptly curtailing the paradox with some daft dialogue. Then
again, it was often thus with Doctor Who, and Storm Warning's epilogue
probably stays true to the TV programme in that respect.
An excellent ensemble cast (including BF director Barnaby Edwards) make the
4 episodes a joy, as solid characterisation and credible motivation in the
script help to create a strongly evocative atmosphere. The constant drone of
the airship's engines, and the various other-worldly sounds, are also vividly
believable.
The Doctor's first brand new companion - aspiring, self-styled "adventuress"
and all-round free spirit Charlotte 'Charley' Pollard (played with appealing
gusto by India Fisher) - joined up during this story, while the artwork and
overall design of the Big Finish titles changed for the better.
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