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

Previous Story: Mission to Magnus

This is a definite improvement over the last story and one I wouldn't have minded seeing on TV. It's nothing revolutionary but it plays with some interesting concepts and I would have enjoyed seeing the execution of this on TV. The Herne was a very interesting villain with some solid sound design.

Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant are great here, they effortlessly slip into the versions of their characters from the 80s. It helps that the rest of this story, like the rest of this series is extremely accurate to the feel of Season 22. I've probably said this before but you can genuinely close your eyes and picture the TV story perfectly. I have to praise the soundtrack and sound design for helping with this immensely.

I'm really only disappointed by the fairly simple sci-fi explanation. While it was essentially what I was expecting, it felt quite anticlimactic after the really great mystery that was being built up. It was still executed really well and it's essentially the only thing keeping this story from being a favourite. All in all, as long as the rest of the stories are like this and not whatever Mission to Magnus was I'll be happy.

Next Story: The Hollows of Time