The way this episode fools you into suspecting you can guess the twist, then to pull the rug from under you, then to gently place the rug back down, only to SNATCH it away from under you again. Truly some brilliant storytelling. I thought this was going to be a bottle episode, as opposed to integrated into the arc, and how wrong I was...

I really can't wait for this next story, but omg I need to rewatch Battlefield.

What a fantastic story this was! Putting a couple characters in a room and having them argue and debate with each other is a surefire way to success in the audio medium. We get a reunion from Battlefield with Robert Jezek's Zbrigniev back along with a rookie field officer (Rowe) who are the only survivors of a massacre after a first contact gone wrong. I know this is not a series that gets a lot of love, so I am going to leave it here and just say: listen to Brave New World! It's great! For the full review...

The main conceit is: one of Zbrigniev and Rowe have to be an alien shapeshifter. Early on I clocked that we were going to have a twist that Bambera was actually going to be the shapeshifter. I was feeling good as the story seemed to be going this way until Bambera returned, and...she wasn't one the shapeshifters. You never knew who you could trust in this story, and the reveal that Rowe was the alien but then Bambera was evil Mirror Universe Bambera who murders of all of UNIT HQ...that's how you multi-layer a twist. Can't wait to see what's in store next story!

Oh this set gets better and better