| "Doctor Who": The Forever Trap: No. 2 (Dr Who Audio Original 2) | 
 enlarge | Artist: Doctor Who
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1955
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 1408406780
EAN: 9781408406786
ASIN: 1408406780
Publication Date: October 9, 2008
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 lost in escher October 22, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
following on from the talking book doctor who: pest control, which had david tennant reading an original doctor who story and doing lots of different character voices, it's now catherine tate's turn to do one.
like pest control, this is spread over two discs, each running for roughly one hour and ten minutes. there are no episode breaks in the middle of these discs, although there are chapters for ease of access, so essentially this is in two long episodes. the first does end on a cliffhanger.
the story involves the doctor and donna getting stuck in the edifice, a huge apartment block come space station. the place has dissolved into chaos as all the other residents, including some highly unusual aliens, are fighting amongst each other. can the doctor and donna find who runs the place and save the day?
catherine tate has an excellent reading voice and is good to listen to. she does a very good impression of david tennant as the doctor, and there was one point early on when I forgot it wasn't him speaking. she also does voices for many other characters. some of the male ones are a bit obvious but some of the alien ones are very imaginatives and work very well.
the story scores over pest control in that it's a bit more imaginative, both in the unique setting and the highly unusual aliens the doctor and donna meet on their way.
this possibly would be even stronger a piece of work if it was shorter, but that's a minor complaint as it's both an entertaining doctor who story and an enjoyable listen, thanks to the writer and the reader
 Pitch-perfect characterisation of the Tenth Doctor and Donna partnership October 10, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
"Doctor Who": The Forever Trap: No. 2 (Dr Who Audio Original 2)
I know some folks have been less than impressed with Abnett's work for the Whoniverse thus far, but he has crafted a pitch-perfect story for the Tenth Doctor and Donna, and Catherine Tate clearly relishes reading it - on occasion she does a near-perfect impersonation of David Tennant's manic Tenth Doctor, and all her other character voices are easily distinguished from each other, and many really managed to convey aurally the charaters that I couldn't see. This audio novel is far superior to Peter Anghelides "Pest Control". I felt that Abnett created some interesting, original alien creatures and the story was well paced. Donna was incredibly Donna-ish - and I loved her to bits in this story. I cannot recommend it highly enough as it was a very satisfying story.
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