A delightful panto story after recently reading the mess that was 'Behind You'.

I think the story sort of lost it's way a bit as it kept going on and the threat emerged, but even then it was still a delight to read. The characterisation for Ten and Rose is spot on, I love their back and forth, and this view inside the head of early Season 2 Rose is a really interesting one.

I adore a panto, so that probably helped here, but even without that the way this is written is just incredible. The comedy especially got me every time, talking about the rage of a time lord as Ten asks how Rose can not like pantos, Rose's comment about how it must be innaccurate after seeing the panto's gallifreyan costumes because the robes just look silly and Ten moving quickly on. It's just a load of fun.

And the use of autons for the bits about actors playing actors playing characters is also just silly in the best way too.