Another terrific Six and Charley story, this one is almost stolen by a character from a previous one: Manchester policewoman Patricia Menzies, who has come to understand that aliens and time travel are real and incorporated it quite matter-of-factly in her world-view (with the help of a working knowledge of science fiction cinema). The main plots concerning a mysterious other time traveler and a freakishly powerful gambling table pale beside the Six/Charley/Patricia/Lish (the titular Raincloud Man, whose power is to afflict others with fatally bad luck). Fun! ( )

We have Six and Charley arriving in today's Manchester where they meet up with a memorable detective character who apparently features in one of the earlier audios I haven't heard yet, Anna Hope's D.I. Patricia Menzies. Here she is investingating odd goings-on in a casino that turns out to run by aliens. The Raincloud Man of the title has a special ability which I believe originates in a Douglas Adams novel, and operates here rather for the convenience of the plot. Charley is urged by another character to reveal her secret to the Doctor, but doesn't do so. However the sparks from Anna Hope's Mancunian policewoman very much keep it going. ( )