She is clever and level-headed, thinking of solutions to problems while everyone else is panicking. Especially after she has tried the very sour Roman wine. Tegan in particular is not diplomatic in voicing her opinions about the decadent Roman party. They are used to diving headfirst into trouble and don’t believe the Doctor when he says that it will just be a pleasant trip to meet Cicero. The TARDIS team approach Marc differently to how many in Roman society do and you can tell that it means a lot of him.Īs you might imagine, Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) and Tegan (Janet Fielding) are surprised that they won’t be sparking a slave rebellion when they land. Marc is in the service of Cicero, who does not treat him as well as he should. David Llewellyn has captured the personalities of the regular cast very well – and introduces us to new companion, Marc (George Watkins), a Roman slave. Thankfully, this dialogue is delivered by some terrific actors. It leads to some very unnatural turns of phrase. There is really no way to have people attacked by harpies while also describing that they are being attacked by harpies. Whilst I expect some of this in any release from Big Finish, it became a little grating by the end. Tartarus is full of lots of ‘Look at that, Doctor’. The further an audio play gets from our every day lives, the more expository dialogue is needed to explain to the listener what is going on. It’s the sort of tale that could not have been realised on a 1980s BBC budget, but also is too visual for an audio story.

Will the Doctor be able to stop fanboying long enough to save everyone’s lives when they are all whilst away to a strange realm filled with the trappings of Greco Roman myths? Now, in 2019, worlds collide as the Doctor (Peter Davison) visits Cicero in Rome simply because he has always wanted to meet him. Last year saw the release of the Big Finish original Cicero: Series 1, featuring Samuel Barnett as the titular Roman orator.

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