We begin with Romana and Narvin onboard a TARDIS needing spare parts. Surounded by wrecks of a recent battle; one ship might just have what they're looking for.

The biggest distraction here for me was the repeated use of elevator in place of lift, but I won't go over old ground.

Its been a year since I listened to the last series and I had forgotton what had led upto this point. But it wasn't necessary to enjoy the story. In case you're wondering Rassilon had taken over Gallifrey, Romana and Narvin were exiled and fled in a TARDIS.

The ship they travel to has problems of its own. They meet Trellick the only survivor, Trellick is at the mercy of Qatal, who can manipulate time and keep her prisoner for... well who knows how long. The ship hold secrets of its own, with evidence of experiments on the Sicari.

I enjoyed this audio. Its limited cast of characters and (mostly) self contained plot, means that you don't really have to had kept up with lots of previous story elements to understand whats going on. In fact Romana and Narvin are not really the main focus of the plot. It would have been interesting to had the whole story of Trellick and Qantal played out.

A good start.