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

Previous Story: Full Circle

This story is very dull, it has some interesting ideas in it that amount to very little. The villains are annoying and nothing about the story stands out. I don't understand what the fascination is with sci-fi technology in a medieval setting. It was good once and ever since it's been really annoying to sit through.

Adric is much more interesting in this story, I like that we get to see a bit more of his worldview. I also like the extra lore we get on the Time Lords. The Type 40 being the only model with manuals on how to defeat vampires comes off as deus ex machina and doesn't make much sense even for Doctor Who.

The soundtrack is alright but, in my opinion, not nearly as good as it has been for the past few stories. Overall this is just a boring story with very little redeeming qualities. I'll take a bad story over an ok-but-boring one anyday

Next Story: The Invasion of E-Space