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Review of A Life in the Day by Guardax

15 June 2025

This review contains spoilers!

Finally, the first classic so far of the Eighth Doctor boxset era. The Doctor and Liv are looking for Molly, but that doesn't really matter. This story is about a man named Martin stuck in some sort of time anomaly, and the Doctor is trying to figure out why. He has set-up Martin and Liv essentially on a date with each other, and it is genuinely heartwarming to see things going so well with them. Liv spent most of the previous two boxsets pretty down on herself and sullen, but Martin gets her to laugh and she genuinely likes him. The twist is Martin is stuck in a time loop, and the bigger twist is he doesn't mind because it's the only day he'll get with the woman he's fallen in love with. It's not creepy, it's genuinely moving, and it's clear by Liv's heartbroken reaction to his death there was something real going on between them. For Martin, he keeps getting to live that one perfect day. Beautiful story.


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