Really creative and fun. Missy steals the show -- though with a strong and surprising second-place finish from Crispy Master?! I can't believe how much I felt for him, in particular, though at their worst, I always do sympathize with the Master. It's hard not to relate to someone who is, as Missy says, their own worst enemy.

I do wish there'd been a little more of a resolution, and honestly that there'd been a few more clues as to who was speaking, as I will I admit I sometimes had difficulty picking out particular iterations among the men. (I am just not great with voices?) But this had much more energy and verve and imagination than your typical tie-in.

Gandalf's Husband might be the biggest pull for a bald joke. Amazing!

Long Live Missy!

A three-ish hour play featuring all your fave living Master Who’s. Michelle Gomez, John Simm, Eric Roberts, Derek Jacobi, Whoverse’s favourite make-a-wish kid Mark Gatiss, Neil’s Dad from The Inbetweeners.
John Simm has done a world-domination and gathers all of the old Masters to gloat about his victory.
He didn’t invite Missy because apparently all of the other Masters think she’s too loopy. It’s a fun detail in a character who makes very little sense at the best of times.
The stories are fun and serviceable, but the best scenes are the ones when all the Masters are together trying to out-malevolence each other.
Some of the plot and scenes were a little difficult to follow because it took me a while to assign voices to faces in my head. Fortunately when the masters split off into side-adventures their distinct personalities are able to shine through. Neil’s Dad is absolutely fantastic as an audio-only version of the character. I’d never heard any of his stories before, glad I have now. John Simm takes a while to find the mannerisms and quirks of his incarnation which is odd because his is a particularly idiosyncratic version. He gets there in the end. Michelle Gomez never quite goes full-barmy in the play like she does in the tv show. But there is a marvellous resolution to an ‘is she good? Is she bad?’ Arc and I really appreciated it.
Big Finish will bankrupt you if you let them. Keep your wits about you, stay strong.

Such a wonderful celebration for the Master we know and love :)

Delightful in many ways, and it was obviously written by someone who finds each incarnation of the Master fascinating in their own way. The dialogue is particularly witty and snarky and everyone gets a moment to shine, but Michelle Gomez steals the show in every scene she's in. If anything, listen to hear Michelle Gomez having a GREAT time playing Missy.

Was I in it for some mind-blowing, canon-defining story? No. And this didn't need one either. I wanted to hear a whole bunch of Masters galavant around the universe and be kinda mean to each other, and this delivered.