Part One

5/5

This was a mammoth of a first part to this story so I’ll try and tackle stuff in a somewhat chronological order.

The start with the Doctor and Charley where they fled from the Time Lords was intense and thrilling. Then it was followed by the scene between the Doctor and Charley where she likens the Doctor to Peter Pan and that was one of the sweetest and most heartfelt companion moments I’ve ever seen. That ending with Charley refusing to let the Doctor suffer for her choices and attempting to take the fall for her own actions was very cool.

Then getting another look into Time Lord society and having Romana be president was so fun. It’s always nice when a previous companion returns, especially one that I liked so much as Romana. Although I wonder how she left E-Space, I’m sure it’s probably explained in some story I haven’t seen yet.

The concept of Anti-Time is really cool and while I can’t pretend to know exactly what it means it’s explained and presented in a way that makes it interesting nonetheless. Also the Neverpeople are a cool concept and I wonder if I re-listened to previous audios I would notice them appearing?

Finally, the introduction of Rassilon and his TARDIS was unexpected but the further the story went the more it made sense. I’m interested to see how it will tie into the Rassilon seen in the Five Doctors and why he was battling Zagreus in the Anti-Time dimension.

Part Two

4.5/5

This part of the story was much more focused than the first part and dealt almost exclusively with the Neverpeople trying to destroy Gallifrey and the Web of Time using an Anti-Time bomb. There were some very nice scenes in here between the Doctor and Charley, especially when she is trying to convince the Doctor to kill her to save the Web of Time. I also liked that Rassilon wasn’t actually in the casket. Finally, the Doctor’s sacrifice was interesting and him turning into Zagreus was something I didn’t expect.