A great view into the lives of regular people on Gallifrey.

A lot of the previous stories had been talking about civil unrest and the conflict that Romana opening up the academy had caused, but it's one thing hearing about it, another seeing it from the front lines.

The core cast we get here are immensely relatable, you can so easily see this friendship group existing at school, so easily put yourself in their shoes, and so easily understand when everything starts to fall apart.

Leela is also just a brilliant teacher, you can see why Brax thought she'd be a good fit, but you can also understand her motivations when she wants to leave at the end of the story. The moments she has with Andred are also great for character, she's starting to understand, but she can't forgive everything that's happened. Her talking about Trauma and how on her planet it would just be seen as a sign of weakness, even if backtracking on it and saying how her thoughts have changed, shows a sharpness and harshness to her that we don't really get to see often.

Romana as well is great here, her interactions with the future Pandora are interesting, and that final moment of her deciding that she's the president and she's going to put her foot down are great. Not here much, but what we get is great.

And god, Darkel continues to be such a lovable yet hatable villian, I can't wait for this to keep going.