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Christmas
Eve in the year 3060,
and the planet
Puxatornee is home to a
prosperous human colony.
A
space craft has arrived
in orbit carrying the
Slithergees, a race of
obsequious alien slugs.
Their home world has
been destroyed and they
are humbly requesting
permission to settle on
the first moon.
And
if they don't get
permission, then they
are humbly threatening
to declare all-out war.
The
future hangs in the
balance. The decision
rests with Bailey, the
colony' s president -
but she has other things
on her mind.
Christmas
Eve in the year 3090,
and the planet
Puxatornee has changed
beyond all recognition.
The
Doctor and Mel arrive,
on a completely
unrelated mission to
defeat a race of
terrible monsters, and
soon discover that
something rather
confusing has been
happening to history.
Flip-Flop
is a unique innovation
in storytelling. A
Doctor Who adventure
told over two CDs, one
black, one white - where
the CDs can be listened
to in either order.
This
story takes place
between "
Paradise
Towers
"
and "Delta and the
Bannermen".
What
a clever story, what a
great production.
This release is a
2 disc set, which we are
assured on the cover
represents good value
for money.
There is a black
disc and a white disc
and to quote the writer
“it’s not a puzzle,
to try and find out
which way round is the
“proper” or
“canonical” way of
listening to the CD’s.
Because there
honestly isn’t one”
These
two discs revolve (no
pun intended) around the
happenings on the planet
“Puxitornee”.
Which I found
amusing as that is the
name of the town in the
movie ground hog day
(although it is spelt
differently).
This gives a hint
of both the humour
involved in the script
and the way events
unfold in the story.
Sylvester McCoy, gives a
passable performance as
the Doctor, although I
understand from my
research that he is not
nearly the most popular
Doctor from the TV
Series.
He represents the
8th (or is it the 7th??)
incarnation of the
Doctor in the TV Series
(and therefore the DW
Universe).
He certainly
likes to rrrrrrrroll his
r’s at everrrrrrrrry
possible
opporrrrrrrrrtunity.
Which may annoy
some listeners.
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