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Review of Bide-a-Wee by Rock_Angel

28 May 2024

This review contains spoilers!

I love how this story takes place after the price of conviction with the doctor saying him n Susan might need a Holiday and this one starting with a Holiday, starting with the Doctor sitting on a beach and Susan going off with some locals to explore. It seems the Doctor n Susan have been here a while. I love how the doctor talks to the locals playing bingo and truly having a holiday you are really transported too bird-a-wee.

its not long before things start to turn a little off racist and sexist things start to get hinted towards theirs one character Craig who keeps talking about his gameboy. now for the 1990s this behaviour is extremely off very 1930s well, there in 1933. Turns out Prentice created a time distortion to keep it 1933 outside the time distortion its 1999. Craigs family managed to enter it and there minds have changed, turning his mum n dad into 2 different people his mum was meant to be a brain surgeon but has now become a house wife.

Also new Doctor lore the Doctor has no prostate didn't want to know this but now i do.

Craig later contracts wooping cough, making Prentice have to choose this 1930s era hes created or 1990s to get the cure for Craig and save him, but it was all an act to stop the time distortion. The Doctor saying if Craig did this he could go home. Susan and the Doctor meet up again ending with the Doctor and Susan going off to buy one final ice cream before the holiday ends.

I loved this story, it has themes of oppression but also hope because, its basically saying look how far we have come and the doctor being an amazing person is what I love to see. I do wish Prentice had a reason for keeping it 1933 like in the 8th doctor story no more lies but still a strong little story