The Ninth Doctor #21

'Back to Earth: Auld Lang Syne' (2022) from The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Series 2.

Really love this one. A brilliant use of time-travel, while also being a great way to develop the relationship between Mandy and The Doctor which I find to be one of the most interesting parts of it. I found their romance to be quite believeable, and it does quite a lot for the Ninth Doctor for me, establishing that he's a more open-hearted incarnation who is sort of seeking a connection in the wake of the Time War, leading into Rose in the future nicely. The family drama in the majority of the story is really well written and performed, and the mystery of the house and The Doctor's presence from their perspective is fun. I don't think it really goes into the villainous entity that well for me, when it's kind of just a vague concept villain it does a lot less for me than something more tangible, but that didn't matter as much here when it was such a people-focused story, and the ending with the antibody and the house is a great conclusion to all of that too.