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18 February 2025
This review contains spoilers!
Unfortunately, this is the last big story in this series of strips. Here, along with the Doctor and Stacey, Ssard is present, obviously, he was to become a constant companion in this trio. The events themselves take place in Victorian London (it's never happened before and it's happening again) and the issue of humanity's cruelty is revealed.
A couple of aliens, who look like anthropomorphic horses, accidentally landed on Earth. The woman is lost, and the man is looking for her. Since he stayed with the ship, he is wearing a disguise. The wife, on the other hand, is not disguised, and we all know where this will lead her... Of course, to the freak circus, where Stacy rescues her. In fact, the whole plot here is about how the Doctor, Ssard and Stacey help to find the woman. Although in reality, it's mostly Stacey who does this, while Doc and Ssard tinker with the spaceship. In fact, the more interesting storyline is not the main one, but the side one. Throughout all ten episodes, ominous-looking shapeshifters are prowling around in the background, trying to steal either an alien ship or the TARDIS, and for this purpose, at the end, they replace Stacey with one of them. And the story itself ends with the fake Stacey getting inside the TARDIS and her ominous face in the last shot does not bode well.
In general, it's a pretty cool story, if there was an episode, it could be a cool social, where the main villain is humanity itself and its cruelty. But as it is, given the limitations, it's not bad.
This review is a translation of a part of my Ukrainian-language text, the original can be found here: https://www.mzut-podcast.com/post/eighth-doctor-radio-time-comic-strip
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