The Doctor and Romana are enjoying a holiday when co ordinates are sent into the Doctors mind. A summons from the highest court in the Galaxy cannot be ignored.

This is very much on the comedy side of things. With Douglas Adams as script editor at the time this ‘lost story’ was commisisoned and written by John Lloyd, its no surprise. There are also one or two Hitchhiker references for those who can spot them.

You feel that with the Doctor being effectly summoned, an interesting court case is to be played out, yet it seems to go off subject more than once. He’s asked to speak on the defence of Earth, but then has to go into a micro universe for witness protection where he resides for most of the audio. Romana chasing up issues in the real world.

As much as I am of a fan of Douglas Adams and John Lloyd for that matter, this story isn’t up there with the greats. Its reasonable, enjoyable, but not that memorable. I am surprised to see how highly its been rated it certainly didn’t strike me as amazing. Its does send up sci fi concepts, bureaucracy, but some of it doesn’t reconcile with established Doctor who lore.

Worth a listen.