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I enjoyed episodes 1 and 6 quite a bit. It was lovely hearing Carrie Quinlan in Big Finish, and her character was sweet. Jac Raynor's dialogue is as breezy and fun as ever, but I did want a lot more time with the quartet Sixth Doctors and all four (five?) companions at the end

Escape from Holy Island was a bit too action-packed for my liking, but it was great hearing a fiery Peri take command of the monastery. The central two-parter was pretty fun, with the highlight again being the companions–I've really missed Flip and Constance so it was a joy hearing them again. That reunion hug was so heartwarming!

My favourite of the set, though, was absolutely The Thousand Year Thaw. As the whole boxset is the forty-year anniversary of the Twin Dilemma as well as Colin's Doctor, it was a great idea for Big Finish to take the opportunity to explore the emotional impact of that story, and on Peri specifically. She's had such a good run on audio it's easy to forget how hard she took it on TV, but she's a serious contender for Most Trauma received as a companion that was caused by the Doctor specifically. Her explanation as to why she stuck by him through the worst of times–"because my friend was sick"–was only half-convincing, but Nicola Bryant pulled it off with a stunning but of performance. Loved that episode. If anything, I wish the personal conflict of the episode was more closely tied to the conflict of the plot, which felt bolted on if anything, but it was still a lovely bit of drama.