A Genius for War

A really strong entry in Once And Future. This one places the Seventh Doctor in a situation where Davros is the Daleks' prisoner and appears willing to work with the Time Lords, which is an interesting idea. It leads to a very exciting prison break sequence, and we also get to see the Seventh Doctor get up to his usual manipulative ways.

I particularly appreciated how this one incorporates the Hybrid arc from Series 9. Davros's proposition of Time Lord/Dalek hybrids is very evocative of Evolution Of The Daleks' conclusion, but it's neat that the Hybrid prophecy is brought up here.

Davros has become senile and does Daleks in Manhattan lmfao.

There are some much appreciated incredibly cheesy references, and I like that the de-generation is finally used in a story.
It might not be much, but I still find it enjoyable.

Now this is gonna be controversial.
This one is a paradox.
On one hand, it is an ok story with Sylvester McCoy's Seventh Doctor and Terry Molloy's Davros Lacking much of the shared audio-time with them, having useless Thals, yet sort of enyoable.
But on the other hand - it is even more useless to the plot. The Doctor gets his memory erased instantly after the mission and we get ZERO answers to the arc. BUT - if the previous one could be done outside of the main plot, this one cannot be done this way, because the way the Doctor beats Davros is directly connected to his retro-regeneration.
If not the positive moments of this story, like Davros himself or how the General works on his own, I would've rated this story lower. But now it gets what it deserves.