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Review of The Doctor’s Gambit by WhoPotterVian

9 July 2025

This review contains spoilers!

A very creative story in the Feast Of Steven Short Trips. It involves the First Doctor, Steven and Dodo arriving on an alien world where people are forced to partake in a game to the death. The reveal that it's a massive game of chess is very cool, and the Doctor being the King in the Chess game is a neat reveal.

As expected for 'A Feast Of Steven', The Doctor's Gambit is a great showcase for Steven Taylor. It shows his ingenuity, as he works out how to make it through the chess game without killing anyone, and also has a nice connection to the first story, with a woman who looks like his wife Harla from A Forest Of All Seasons.


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