Second in my long journey to go back and review the Doom Coalition stuff, we have what's possibly my favourite story of the entire series, as well as my favourite companion introductory story, The Red Lady.

Here, we are introduced to possibly my favourite Eighth Doctor companion, Helen Sinclair. It's one hell of an explosive story, in terms of just how well we actually get to know her character in this hour, and the plot itself too. We're shown Helen's struggles living in the 1960s, facing all manner of prejudices and misogyny from her older male colleagues, though she finds comfort in the presence of her boss at the National Museum, Professor Walter Pritchett.

Helen's initial encounter with the Doctor and Liv is also quite funny, as they exchange in an awkward back-and-forth after she finds the pair had broken into her own office in search of something that had caught their eye. It doesn't take her long to be taken in by their antics though, as she's soon aware of a dangerous artefact, the titular Red Lady, donated to the National Museum from a blind art collector's vault.

In a sense, this story is also a set-up for the wider scope of Doom Coalition, as the Red Lady does come into play later on in the arc, much in the same way that the likes of Padrac and the Eleven do. And, of course, it's where our new long-standing companion comes in, that plays another rather large part in the proceedings of this story.

Overall, I would say this story deserves a full five stars. It's just completely flawless to me, I adore it.