The Stuff of Legend is a Doctor Who audio drama from Big Finish Productions and is a decent, yet unremarkable episode, in spite of the reemergence of two of the Doctor’s most popular adversaries. Robert Valentine wrote the script, which was directed by Barnaby Edwards, who also has a couple of roles. Paul McGann and India Fisher return to their respective roles as the Eighth Doctor and Charlotte Pollard. Nicholas Briggs fires up the voice modulator as he screeches out the Daleks’ dialogue. Alex MacQueen returns to mic as his version of the Master, what I have appreciated more over the years. Annette Badland, Jason Forbes, Nisha Nayar, and George Naylor round out the guest cast.
The Doctor and Charley arrive in a Cornish village in 1963. They hear of dead men working in the mines. Many others have disappeared. An expert of Cornish folklore has appeared to look for a professor who has gone missing. It doesn’t take long for the Doctor to realize that the Daleks are also there and have some scheme afoot. Also, the Master has been revived, and another extraterrestrial feud is about to come to a head.
The story is not without some interesting points. The performances are predictably solid. McGann and Fisher have lost none of their chemistry in this one. The story is told in the perspective of another character, Emily Barnfather, who got swept up in the adventure and aids the Doctor in his investigation.
It’s a fun addition to the catalogue, but there is not much that struck me as extraordinary, at least on the first run.
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