I wish I could say I enjoyed this one more. I deliberately sought it out to learn a bit more about Nyssa and while technically it did help with that, I feel we get bogged down too much in Trakan politics. I think that's a shame because on paper there's a lot to like about this outing - the basic premise of Nyssa being sick and this being the culmination of her psychic stuff could have been compelling on its own, just like the idea of visiting an ancient Trakan. Seeing an alien world and its culture and how that might change over many, many years is a cool idea.

Unfortunately, things kind of fall on their face pretty quickly as it devolves into a real villain-of-the-month kind of story and only ever barely recover. Kwundaar's actor and Davison aren't bad, but they and others get a little hammy in a way I don't feel adds to the story. Still, it has its moments. For whatever reason I found part three pretty compelling and I did enjoy some dialogue with the Doctor throughout. I wish Nyssa's perspective on things was explored a little more as it sort of feels downplayed near the end. Still, I did enjoy the idea of gods and other powerful entities being unleashed following this confrontation with Kwundaar. That's good and clean bait for future stories I can appreciate.