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

Previous Story: Black and White

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. As someone who thought most of the Elder Gods arc was wildly inconsistent and thought The Curse of Fenric was overhyped, this story had very little going for me. And yet, what a story. The way it manages to get across the scale of a war between the Gods is utterly fantastic. Having a reveal that the Doctor himself was just a pawn on the board for someone else's machinations is genuinely a brilliant resolution to all his schemes for the past couple stories and it's never made the Doctor feel smaller and more helpless in his life (good thing).

The two actors who played both of the main Elder Gods in this story were phenomenal. John Standing in particular as Fenric, truly one of the best villain performances I've heard in a long while (Nobody No-one not included). I really enjoyed the cast of the Black TARDIS in this one, I think they got a chance to shine that they didn't in Black and White. Also... what an ending. I know it's technically not the end of Hex but it's a properly fitting one.

Next Story: Afterlife