Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor - The Time War 2 is a bit disappointing on the whole. It's never awful or anything, but it's surprisingly mediocre. None of the stories are quite as good as the ones in the first Time War set and many of them just feel like Doctor Who as usual, just with a bit of extra darkness. There are some really good ideas, but they're frequently underutilized in favor of more generic scenes and plotlines. The overarching storyline isn't as strong as the first box set and the conclusion to it ends up not working all that well as the final episode devotes little time to actually exploring the idea it wants to explore. Much of the dialogue is good, but it's all lot down by weak plotlines in the stories. The acting, sound design, directing, and score are great, but, ultimately, these audio box sets live and die based on how good the stories are, and these stories were just exceedingly average for me. Most will still like it; it's certainly not a waste of time. But it doesn't feel as special as the first Time War set did, and that's disappointing.

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3,5 ( )