Dark Journey - AM Audio Media - Doctor Who/Sherlock Holmes Crossover - Andrew Chalmers

Category: Detective, Doctor Who, Full Cast
Language: English
Keywords: Audio Drama Crossover Doctor Who Sherlock Holmes

Written by Andrew Chalmers
Read by Andrew Chalmers; Roy Miranda; Kate Elyse Forest
Format: MP3
Dramatization

This series, from AM Audio Media out of Canada, is probably single best amateur/fan made Doctor Who audio drama series in history. This is quite simply excellent, and I love this series. It is one of the best Doctor Who series ever told on audio, frankly. It pulls off the long-awaited Doctor Who/Sherlock Holmes crossover by telling a terrifying story of death and redemption.

Andrew Chalmers stars as a British Canadian Doctor Who, with the excellent Roy Miranda as Sherlock Holmes, who happens to not wear a hat. This story is called “Dark Journey” for a reason. This is supposed to be the Doctor in his final incarnation facing his ultimate death in a terrifying horror story that combines all the best of Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes, and of course The Ripper. The acting is simply excellent and this was a joy to listen to.

I would have to rate this little production “R” because it involves some very adult themes. Not for little kids, most likely. It reminds me of some of the best of the last series with Lucy Miller dying at the end of the EDAs, actually. It is bleak and dark, but it still has great humor as Holmes and The Doctor play off each other perfectly. This Holmes is an unapologetic drug addict who quickly becomes the Doctor’s BFF. The Doctor can’t keep whimsical together in this dark little series, but he is a highly likable version of the Doctor, despite his slight Canadian accent.

AM Audio Media is rather famous for this series. They have been struggling to release the follow up to this series, which is going to be called Dark Odyssey and have a black American Doctor, as well as another series of Doctor Who: Dark Journey.

If you enjoy this series, PLEASE support this little publishing company from Canada at http://amaudiomedia.com. I am certain that any open minded Doctor Who fan will love this brief series of plays, of which my only complaint is that it is only about 3 hours long in total.

Please ENJOY Dark Journey, and get the best of Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes, and a good old Victorian horror story. I admit that some of the fan stuff I put up is not that great, but this really is. I give it a solid 9 out of 10.

ENJOY!