i love lisa mcmullin but this was not my cup of tea. the setting/title of the story made me think we'd be in for a historical but alas it's literally barely at the forefront of the story. the doctor chases around a schoolgirl for what feels like an eternity and there's plot threads set up that go nowhere like the alien being from the planet the doctor wanted to go to? like the coincidence was just that? and the beginning of the story had some awfully jarring flashforward scenes with the girl and her teacher that really took me out of it.