The Ring of Steel

Overwhelmed by the background music

I found the reading a bit ponderous and slow to begin with, but I think that was the fault of the writing rather than the reader. Arthur Darvill gives good characterisation to the different people in the story and is entertaining to listen to.

Sadly my enjoyment of the recording was spoiled by the volume of the background music which I found intrusive, distracting, and at times made it difficult to hear the words. Younger listeners may not be bothered by this! But if you are someone who gets bothered by overpowering background music on the TV, I would give it a miss. ( )

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Stephen Cole has rarely disappointed me, and I thought that this was one of the better Doctor Who audiobooks out there: read by Arthur "Rory" Darville, whose own character isn't actually in it, we have the Eleventh Doctor and Amy getting mixed up in an environmental protest in the Orkney Islands and discovering, inevitably, that there are aliens behind the new technology involved. But it's not quite your standard alien invasion story - turns out in fact to be rather a clever plot, assisted by excellent sound effects and other incidentals. Strongly recommended. ( )