The first part of this story with Munmeth is honestly just really charming. A medicine man who's also an artist, seeing a modern day take on neanderthal life and cultures with Gabby's interactions with him, the way even with the telepathic circuits there's still some words Munmeth can't understand and the way that's shown to the audience.

After the sci-fi side of the story starts to rear its head though, that charm starts to be lost somewhat. Especially when it's revealed they're slavers from Gallifreyan myth, I'm sorry, I just can't buy that. That works when they're something that feels old or threatening without that, in those cases saying that can make something more threatening. These guys though, sure they're evil, but they're bog-standard evil, not mythologically evil. I don't believe for one second that they're the cruelest race teh time lrds worked with like 10 says here. The thing about them capturing people for The Death Zone is interesting, but they should've left it at that.

Sidenote, the doctor says he's doing Venusian Akido but he's fighting with a spear which just isn't how Akido works

5/10