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

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I think this one is a bit overhyped. It's good, especially for it's atmosphere but I don't think the story is all that remarkable or experimental. The first half is pretty much excellent, you have a really unique and varied cast of characters who all feel quite real trapped in a really haunting setting slowly getting picked off. That alone gets it the rating I've given it.

The time travel plot is halfway there to being quite good but it really relies on a lot of new time travel concepts being introduced. Like the whole idea of the machine not being strong enough to change time so people can only be revived temporarily. That just doesn't sit with my idea of how time works. I also really don't like how willing the Doctor was to kill someone, It wasn't even given a clever justification, only that "time will become unpleasant" or something to that effect which really feels like a weak excuse for the Doctor to do that. Granted he didn't follow through but he certainly seemed willing enough for a bit.

It's a great story for Hex though, in particular his bonding with Sue. I'm starting to really like him as a companion, excited to see where it all goes.

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