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

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I'm really conflicted on this one because I adore really timey-wimey narratives that play around with the format and this is a perfect example of a story like that. But it's also steeped in really awful unsubtle politics that go against everything Doctor Who is about. I'm not going to go into it though because I don't think I can do a good enough job to fully explain (other reviews have done it way better than I could anyway).

The timey-wimey gimmick is genius. The idea of a story in which both halves can be listened to either way is fantastic and such a simple idea that it's surprising it hadn't been done before in Doctor Who. There's lots of really fun parallels between both halves and hearing all the pieces fall into place is incredibly satisfying.

My 5/10 rating for this story might seem to imply that I find it mediocre but what it really is I think the time-travel stuff is 10/10 and the politics are downright awful so it averages to the middle. If you can ignore that kind of thing I'd definitely recommend this but otherwise I'd say avoid it.

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