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

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A very bizarre way to end off this bizarre anthology. Werewolves already felt like a strange cliffhanger at the end of the last story, and they still feel out of place here. Joe finally gets a conclusion to his "character" if you could call it that. He actually does get some interesting material here and they way he switches from kind and caring to mean and threatening was a great bit of acting from Luke Allen-Gale. This entire anthology has definitely been more about Peri than the Doctor and this gives Nicola Bryant a lot of time to show off how good an actress she is. The actual plot is a bit disjointed and it's not exactly as satisfying a finale as I'd have liked it to be. The way it's connected all the various short stories throughout is massively impressive though. Overall though, this isn't a story I'll be revisiting at Christmas, or ever, for that matter.

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