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

Previous Story: The Song of Megaptera

I'm surprised to see how spread out the ratings are for this one. I suppose it really depends on what you expect from it. After going through stories like Mission to Magnus my expectations were very low so I was pleasantly surprised by this one. The start is full of mystery, really evocative of the first part of The Space Museum and while it doesn't keep up with this for too long it definitely doesn't fumble as hard as The Space Museum did.

I love that the main setting of this story is based on actual historical events and does the great Doctor Who trope of taking a historical mystery and explaining it in some alien way. After this is where it seems a lot of people stopped enjoying the story as much as I did, as we shift to some sort of alternate dimension/planet connected to the disappearance of the ship. I'll admit the side-plot here is fairly generic alien dictatorship stuff that was really prevalent in the particular era of Who this story is emulating, but it serves the story really well and I don't have any complaints about it.

This is probably the most modern-feeling story so far, it never feels like you're watching a Season 22 story with your eyes closed and always feels like something modern Big Finish could put out. With most adventures in the Lost Stories range this wouldn't really work but when it comes to an era like this I think it helps a lot. As always the performances are great, the soundtrack is alright. In general, it's just a solid story

Next Story: The Guardians of Prophecy