Review of The Time of the Daleks by dema1020
8 October 2024
After the last few audios with the Eighth Doctor kind of went over gangbusters with me, this one in comparison felt a little lacking. It's still pretty good - I like how we are clearly building to something with Charley and the Doctor, while it also stands alone nicely as a Shakespeare-themed Dalek story. I feel like this sort of thing could have gotten gimmicky very quickly but I found the experience mostly entertaining, even if the idea felt a little overdone by the end. It doesn't help matters that the idea of Daleks posing as false saviours feels a bit done to death at this point, but, to Time of the Daleks' credit, this is a relatively early example of that type of story. It worked for me more than it didn't and I would recommend this one even if it feels like a step down from the last few entries in the main range.