If I were asked to sum up Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor in two words, I'd say 'Surprisingly Forgettable'.

This story, along with some others such as Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough, has become somewhat famous in Doctor Who circles for its place in canon. If Revival Who is the tip of the iceberg, and Big Finish is just below the surface, Sil and Zygon are possibly the deepest you can go where a typical fan will still be able to at least recognise their DWU connections.

Sil also sees the return of Nabil Shaban and Christopher Ryan as Sil and Kiv respectively, reprising their roles from over 30 years prior, and stars Sophie Aldred herself, playing a newly created member of Sil's species, acting as a foil to him in the episode she primarily appears in.

All this is to say that Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor is a fascinating piece of media... conceptually.

While I have to commend the set design, costumers, and some of the actors, the story here is nothing to write home about. Some parts don't seem to make sense or seem to come out of nowhere, Sil isn't anywhere near as fun to watch a protagonist as he is an antagonist, the direction isn't great, and while I absolutely could see a courtroom drama doctor who story working out incredibly (just look at Trial), here, it just isn't. The writers seem to have a vague idea of what people want from a courtroom drama, but don't understand what really makes them tick, and fact the judicial system is invented for this, and the intricacies of it actually matter somewhat unlike Trial, just makes me wonder why I should care.

I genuinely don't understand how this ended up like it has, from the premise and concept, you'd expect it to either be competent, not necessarily good, but competent, or a complete trainwreck. This somehow manages to be neither.

I don't care about the courtroom drama, I'm not laughing, either at or with the story when there's a moment that would otherwise be pretty funny.

I'm just bored.