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

Previous Story: Winter for the Adept

A generic but otherwise solid Dalek story. It's a sequel to The Dalek Invasion of Earth. I like that in this story, the Daleks are vulnerable and actually need the Doctor's help. Nicholas Briggs does an excellent performance of the Dalek Emperor and makes him feel like a tangible threat.

The Dalek Emperor taking human form is a neat idea, executed well. I found the rules of time travel a bit muddled in this story, I'm still not sure exactly what events were being changed and why that really matters or what that will impact in the future. At the very least this story wasn't at all boring, the action was great and not difficult to follow and the mutated Daleks were a fairly large threat that really upped the stakes.

5 and Nyssa are a TARDIS team with a lot of potential that just isn't realised here. I'm not sure why Big Finish seem so afraid to expand on their dynamic as it could be really interesting. That coupled with the fact that we haven't really had any stand-out stories with this team so far is a real shame.

Next Story: Primeval