The Ninth Doctor #33

'Shades of Fear: Red Darkness' (2023) from The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Series 2.

An intriguing story bringing back (forward?) the Vashta Nerada and combining them with the Verimine from The Colour of Terror, although I have to say they're both kind of the least interesting part of this. I enjoyed the characters enough, and the Bird Box kind of situation they get into heading back to the TARDIS. Not quite sure how this canonically works, I can't recall if Ten knew what they were, but whatever. I appreciate the talking dog and especially the character of Callen, and how he's seemingly set up to be a companion in Series 4?. I really hope that is the case, as I've been dying for a male companion for Nine, as he's been very female-heavy in these stories.