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“FLAT ENDINGS!”

The third Excelis story begins by slowly easing us and Seven into a changed Artaris, locked in war and under totalitarian rule. It's an Orwellian story, and the Doctor's arrival stirs up things yet again.

This story is pretty straightforward, exposition-heavy, and slow, and it takes a good while for the Doctor to figure out who is the person behind all the stuff going on in Excelis, while it's clear to us from the beginning.

McCoy is good, and Anthony Stewart Head is once again great as yet another slightly different tale on Grayvorn/Maupassant/Sutton.

The best part is the fact that Sutton uses the souls of the population to create genetically engineered super soldiers (meat puppets). Sadly, this idea is hardly used at all but could have brought great excitement to the adventure.

The climax is lengthy and talky and doesn't grow a lot, so this ends up feeling a bit flat. Perhaps even pointless.