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Review of Survival by Callandor

27 August 2024

Cat-man

Prerequisites: None needed.

Spoilers!
Survival is a remarkably solid finale for a serial that wasn't written to be so. It features genuine themes of, well, 'survival', and what's worth doing to simply keep existing. Such a message is either ironic or poignant, depending on how you view the show's cancellation. Either way it's fitting. Additionally, Ainley gives probably his best, most subdued performance in the show here, which is nice to see, alongside some surprisingly great little monologues from McCoy. Everyone point it out, but it bears repeating just how beautiful those last lines are; they encapsulate the show in a very nice way. Of course, there's the standard awkward pacing, poor special effects, and rough delivery from the extras, but on the whole this is good.