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Review of The Land of the Dead by RandomJoke

9 May 2025

I was a bit surprised, actually getting around to it. Dinosaurs in Who are rare so it’s always nice seeing them and I will say I see Potential in its Plot. Most of this Potential goes from the rather excellent first part. Nyssa and 5 feel right out of their Era in their Tardis Scenes, those were easily my favorite Scenes of this whole Play! It builds up a great Sense, and it feels like we are setting Things up greatly for something Nice. Sadly, starting with Part 2, the Story loses its Momentum. And by Part 4, I kinda lost Interest, fully wanting it to be over. The final Taste of a Story is very important, a big Reason why Stories such as Love and Monsters (which I actually like) and Idiots Lantern (which I don’t like) live in such an infamous Status. Both end for many on such a weird or outright bad Note, and nowhere is this more true than here. It just becomes super generic and boring, and repeat with me: Doctor who stories should never be boring!

There is also the Handling of Native American Characters, which is really done poorly. And the Sound Design is one of the weakest one for sure.
I did enjoy Monica, even if it was obvious who she was supposed to be a Stand-in. Overall I think the Story rates very much in the middle, if it wasn’t for an excellent first Part, I would rate it so much lower.


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