And now I'm HOOKED.

I've said before that my biggest frustration with series one of Gallifrey was the lack of politicking going on, there were schemes and mysteries, sure, but it felt a little more espionage thriller than political thriller. The first couple stories on this set were a delight, but also took us away from the main locations of politics within the series. It wasn't really there, but it also didn't feel missing because there wasn't much chance to put it anywhere.

This story brings it in in full force and I absolutely adore it for that.

Romana is clearly shown to be out of her depth with the politics going on here. Brax has more experience, but his ambition is also his downfall and him leaving at the end leaves the floodgates open for more terrible things to happen to Romana and Leela. Narvin and Wynter's rivalry was done brilliantly, and reminded me of how much I was enjoying Wynter here and how much he fitted in to the jigsaw of Gallifrey, making his fate here all the more shocking, and even realising it just before it happened, it was horrifying to hear. Leela is great, serving almost as an audience surrogate here which I really liked. And Darkel...

Darkel is just perfect.

Her scheming and experience makes her the perfect antagonist for this series, and she's just so competent. I despise her immensely and I adore how much I do, just spectacular.

The scene with Andred and Leela as well is just great, she loves her but she can't let go what he's done, and it just feels so real, and with where him and Darkel end up at the end of the story, I just can't wait for more.