This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order.

Previous Story: The First Sontarans

This is quite an odd story if I'm being honest. It's really weird listening to what is essentially a lost TV episode, on audio, made during it's respective Doctor's tenure. It's actually surprisingly good, both the audio quality and story quality hold up in my opinion. Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant adapt effortlessly to audio and I wonder if the experience of doing this might have made them more keen to do Big Finish. It's weird hearing their voices so young, while Bryant sounds mostly the same now, Baker has noticeably aged since (though he's aged well).

The plot itself is surprisingly competent, I was expecting it to be gratuitously violent and annoying like most of Season 22 but it ends up being quite fun and unique. It doesn't feel too dissimilar to something Big Finish might put out today. The characters are quite fun, albeit a tad silly. The plot of the captain's body incubating death-spores when he got angry was a bit ridiculous though. I like the character of the computer's voice, it ended up being quite charming and something only the 80s could pull off.

I've seen a few people say this story is drawn out, but it's so short and made up of snappy 10-minute episodes that I really can't see it getting boring. It's an easily digestible story that you can finish in one sitting. Overall I quite like it and it's a fun way to bridge the gap between Sixie on TV and Sixie on audio.

Next Story: Whispers of Terror