This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order.

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I'm not sure I'm liking this whole "Elder Gods" arc. I'm definitely enjoying quite a bit of it but there are some thigns that I really can't get behind. The main one being the Doctor. Maybe he has some grand plan that needed everything to be like this but frankly I think that'd be a stupid writing decision and to me it feels like he's just being an awful person for no reason. I get that this is part of 7's whole "chessmaster" shtick but even then it feels excessive to have him be this callous.

I also think the story is really messy. We've got two TARDISes with two people each in seperate places (or times) while still being linked. And on top of all that there's a toad mercenary and did I forget to mention this story is based on the ancient epic of Beowulf. Sure, it's makes for some fun moments but I don't think even with 110% attention I would've grasped what was really going on in this story let alone while doing the things I normally do while listening to Big Finish.

Fingers crossed it all has a good conclusion.

Next Story: Gods and Monsters