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Free with DWM Living Legend |
| Written by | Scott Gray |
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Starring Paul McGann and India Fisher
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Free with DWM Living Legend |
| Written by | Scott Gray |
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Starring Paul McGann and India Fisher
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| Synopsis: Two alien invasions happen at once. |
A Review by Richard Radcliffe 7/12/03
Another freebie from those good people at DWM and Big Finish - and I like that very much!
To complete a full set of Doctors for these giveaway stories, Paul McGann lends his services - he really does like doing these stories, doesn't he! Coming as it does just before Zagreus and the new season of 8th Doctor adventures, it is a wonderful starter for us. And India Fisher as Charley is along for the ride too.
Scott Gray has been a stalwart of Doctor Who writing for many a year now - the comic strip is the only medium to benefit from his talents though - till now. Living Legend is a simple, but wholly enjoyable story - very similar in tone to the one-off strips that Gray has written in fact. Maybe I am seeing a convenient connection there though - but that's what I thought when it had finished. I also, funnily enough, saw it as a cartoon - in the style of the comic strip 8th Doctor, drawn by Martin Geraghty. I was really into this writer of comic strips scenario!
Living Legend is a fairly humourous little jaunt, with dodgy aliens with funny names, and some slapstick thrown in for good measure. The 8th Dr and Charley show off how well they get on, again - with both Paul McGann and India Fisher apparently having the time of their lives.
The party that the whole story is set around sounds a great laugh too. Italy 1982 would have been the place to be, without any doubt. A world cup winning team - now that would be worth celebrating! Well done ENGLAND's rugby team (even though I'm not that keen on the sport!). Now just imagine if the footballers could do it - what a party!!!
Rather jolly little piece then, ideally suited to this shortened format. Loved the interviews with members of Zagreus cast too - so much better than a preview episode for the next story - which quickly, once the actual drama is released, becomes a waste of time and space. 7/10
A Review by John Seavey 27/1/04
One part, but what a great part. McGann and Fisher have great chemistry, the concept (posing as "non-interfering" Time Lords to catch aliens off-guard) is great, and the dialogue is perfectly silly ("I have World Cup Fever...") Much fun, and well worth the free I paid for it.
A Review by Stuart Gutteridge 29/10/04
Released just before the mammoth Zagreus and free with DWM, Living Legend is an entertaining diversion from the arc led McGann tales. And a welcome relief it is too, played mostly for laughs, the story shares similarities with The Sontaran Experiment, both in terms of plot and in the cast size. The basic storyline involves two aliens spearheading an attack on Earth; the prevention of which requires a spot of role reversal for the Doctor and Charley, as they attempt to destroy the machine that allows the invasion to happen. With strong performances, Living Legend serves its purpose admirably.