Bernice Summerfield is nonetheless trapped in a dying universe with the wrong Doctor. Things have taken a turn for the worse – the Doctor has become President Of The Universe and, it turns out, he'southward a controversial selection for the task. While Bernice works to unearth the mythical Apocalypse Clock, the Doctor's immersed in the murky world of politics and the dark forces that are working confronting him… Today I'll be reviewing the final story in the box set,The True Saviour of The Universe.

Synopsis
Bernice finds that time has run out for the Md and the universe. Is this really the terminate of everything? Help is on hand from an unlikely quarter.

Review
The Doctor is under arrest. The Doctor is facing impeachment. The Physician may not be the ruler of the universe for much longer. Bernice is left solitary, without the Doctor, without Female parent Superior and without promise. It's and then that aid comes from an unlikely source. Sam Kisgart's Master.

In that location's a lot of parallels between one scene in the early moments in the story which is extremely reminiscent of i of the Sixth Doctor's greatest scenes. In that location's an epic scene with the Doctor, and and then we transition to Bernice and the Master in a tearoom. The Unbound Universe is really a universe that loves juxtaposition.

Considering that Kisgart's Master is on the embrace, you'd be surprised at a piece of action that he encounters too. There's even a moment where the Master has a moment of realisation. He tin't exist Bernice's sidekick, can he?

We acquire a little bit about a mysterious hooded figure that seemed to be looming in the background of the past three stories in the box prepare, just you larn then footling that it really infuriates y'all even more than. You might get a hint of a bit more slightly further downwardly the line, but if anything, information technology just raises more questions.

I know some people wonder whether they'd get on with the idea of the Unbound Doc in these releases; and to any of you that are somewhat on the fence about such a venture, I'll let y'all in on a petty secret. David Warner'south Dr. could well exist the most Doctorlike of any Physician nosotros've had. He's the best bits of every Doctor, from the First Doctor to the 8th, from War to Twelve, every unmarried aspect of the Doctor'southward many personas is present in this incarnation. If you similar any version of the Doctor, y'all'll beloved the Unbound Doctor.

The hooded figure gets an incredibly tense however simple scene with Bernice, and I remember information technology may be one of Professor Summerfield's greatest moments. The relationship betwixt Bernice and the Unbound Doctor is really put in the limelight here, and it'south a lovely piece of sound to listen to.

Because that Bernice has taken somewhat of a backseat in this box set, information technology'southward nice that in the terminal episode she's really at the fore. Her relationships between both the Doctor and the Chief are extremely interesting to hear. Her dynamic with the Master might exist 1 of the nearly interesting dynamics in Big Finish history. People are complicated beings, aren't they?

Of class, the Primary volition always render to his truthful form, even though there are moments of potential; potential for good, potential for change, potential for something different. We've seen it most recently in Series 10, with Missy wanting more and more just to be the 12th Doctor's friend, merely it's great to hear a dissimilar Time Lord duo get through a like notwithstanding totally dissimilar version of the same matter.

As epic as the last deed of The True Saviour of The Universe is, with loud noises and action and whizzbangs galore, yet once more the more interesting parts boil downwards to the key characters at play. The Master and his plan get incorrect nevertheless and then right for him. His comeuppance and his penalization are both poetically ironic. The Primary asked for an angel in Bernice, to stand by his side, and at present he has a unlike kind of angel. Meanwhile the Doctor and Benny seem to take a temporary 'Happily Ever After', equally the Doctor is nevertheless relinquished of his presidency.

The final scene of this release is genuinely tearjerking. The universe is a truly beautiful place, and people are truly incredible. The Doctor and Bernice Summerfield get a keen ending, that, permit's be honest, is probably a set up up for the next series of adventures featuring the Doctor and the Professor. I for 1, can't wait.

Overall, The True Saviour of The Universe is a brilliant terminate to a brilliant box gear up; it covers a lot of ground, answers a lot of questions and ties upwardly a lot of loose ends, withal information technology still manages to be fun and engaging throughout. It would have been simple to have a lot of exposition dumps in this story, but James Goss manages to trickle information to you at a steady pace. David Warner and Lisa Bowerman are stellar throughout the boxset, and Sam Kisgart is truly a force to be reckoned with when playing the unhinged and Unbound Main. It really seems as if Big Finish are beingness brilliant non-finish at the infinitesimal.

Rating

95%

Should yous want to purchase The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield 4: The Ruler of The Universe , it'south currently available from Big End here for £23 on CD or £20 for a digital download for a express fourth dimension.