Doctor Who alumni Nicholas Courtney and Terry Molloy lend their talents to a strong, historical audio drama.
Charlatan, Sir Harry Price, re-awakens ghosts from the English Civil War with terrifying consequences.
Nicholas Courtney plays Detective Lionheart with a grumpy detachment, imagine the Brigadier on a bad day.
Woolfs delicate diction gives Hopkins an impressive malevolence.
Policeman Duff is particularly reminiscent of the lateCarry Onstar.
Bensons Oliver Cromwell is perhaps the stand-out performance, by turns funny and refreshingly foul-mouthed.
There is perhaps an over-reliance on eccentrics.
A medium with the voice of Lady Bracknell is followed by an accident-prone woman named Ethel Blunder.
The latter was part of an idea about a village and its inhabitants cursed by bad luck.
Despite this interesting concept, the eccentricity is laboured and the conceit is lost.
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The sound design is excellent throughout.
The recreation of a pub is particularly effective.
Its a tribute to Cosmic Hobo that theyve put together such an entertaining product with such high production values.
Whilst disconcerting this only adds to the power of the drama.
The premise for the next adventure is a moment to savour forDoctor Whofans of a certain age.
Rating:
4 out of 5
