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

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I'm not sure I understood everything in this story, but I certainly enjoyed it. This story gives us so much Time Lord lore, it's brilliant. It (obviously) expands the most on Omega but it still affords a lot of depth to the Doctor and Rassilon which I really appreciate. Ian Collier does a genuinely fantastic job as Omega, the scenes where him and the Doctor are exchanging stories in particular stand out to me.

Peter Davison is also really great in this and him and Collier's performance greatly accentuate the twist-reveal in this story. That was one of the best cliffhangers I've witnessed in Doctor Who and will really make me re-evaluate how I view this story on relistens.

Omega is a character with incredible potential and I think it's safe to say that this story realises that to the fullest, it looks especially good considering Omega's outings on TV aren't the best of quality. Absolutely fantastic outing for 5's first solo adventure.

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