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First off, Gareth, you've got your reviews the wrong way around! The reviews are in the wrong threads! That aside, thanks for taking the time to listen to both episodes, and giving us some great feedback!

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First off, first class audio design by Matt. This sounds like a very glossy, big budget adventure with excellent quality voices, effects and Dalek voices. The theme music sounds particularly impressive this time. I just got confused during the road scene, because I was listening in the car and I couldn't quite make out if there was traffic or a battle going on in the background. I think that was down to my headphones though.

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Thanks for the generous praise about my sound design! I know I really did work many hours into ensuring that the sound design was as detailed as it could possibly be - scenes such as the road and rivers have no less than 7-8 SFX tracks in them, and I think it shows. On this story I set myself a new benchmark, and so expect similarly detailed soundscapes on all future productions I do for BTR and others.

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There seems to have been a trend for 'Doctor and companion wander around a fantasy world' in audio DW lately. Zagraeus, the forthcoming Fractures by Quantum Realities, Fine Line's own Walkabout and this one all feature realms of changing backgrounds and working out clues. The danger with this format is that the tail can start wagging the dog and the plot takes a backseat to yet more colourful incident. And truth be told this episode does drag in places, especially since the Doctor and Guy don't seem to be too alarmed by what's going on until the Doctor is knocked down. A fair ammount happens but since most of it is an illusion to distract the Doctor, the plot doesn't move forward much.

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Yes, having heard Zagreus just last week I agree that it's interesting both Dominion and it had very similar thematic and script ideas. Although am not sure what you mean about our heroes not sounding too alarmed about what's going on around them. As Director, I pretty much took the line that they've both seen so much in their time, that it really takes a lot to phase them - for Guy, the possible death of the Doctor is what does it for him, and for the Doctor, well, you find out in Part Two...

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The Doctor's angst about his actions seems surprising since "Second Sight" was fairly non-traumatic by BTR standards. But I suspect that it has a long building concern that is triggered by a seemingly innocuous event, rather like a person who seems to cope well with the death of a spouse and then breaks down after the death of their budgie.

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You've pretty much hit the nail on the head there, Gareth. At the time, the events with General Courtenay weren't that traumatic for the Doctor, simply because the Doctor was caught up in all the rush of foiling the Auton's plans. However, the second he has a moment for quiet reflection, it suddenly hits him - especially when he realises it's tied into the Prophecy the Watcher told him "off screen" during The Ouroborous Heart, and said Prophecy was the one the Informed Man referred to in Weary Death. Essentially, the Doctor knows some bad shit's about to happen to him, and the events of Second Sight (and subsequently Dominion) are the massive triggers for some radical changes to his character.

Confused yet?

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Unfortunately this season seems to be proving that Guy has outlived his usefulness. His underlying smugness and smart-alec quality is now becoming his defining trait. Whilst there is nothing intrinsicaly wrong with his advice to the Doctor, his manner left me itching for the Doctor to pull rank on the whipper-snapper and cut across his waffle with a devastating put-down. Their relationship is now too equal and it is reducing the Doctor's alienness. The fact that Guy fancies meddling with the sonic screwdriver and the Doctor casually lets him, seems symptomatic of the problem.

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Well, I agree that the character of Guy is starting to get a little long in the tooth, but that's because we've had just him and the Doctor relating in their particular way for over a season now. Rest assured we're fully aware of this, and plan on shaking things up quite a bit this season, and then certainly next season.

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The cliffhanger is certainly a surprise and an ingenious idea by Darren Jordan. Certainly made me glad that episode two was only a click away.

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Yes, well, just imagine what it was like for people listening to it at the time of release - they had to wait a whole week to find out what happened next! I lost count of the number of "complaint" e-mails I received that week!