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Overview

Released

Sunday, February 11, 2007

Written by

Eddie Robson

Runtime

48 minutes

Story Type

Two-Parter

Time Travel

Present

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

War, Mission from the Time Lords, Lost the TARDIS, Robots

Inventory (Potential Spoilers!)

Time Ring, Sonic Screwdriver

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Lonsis

Synopsis

Lucie Miller's been headhunted to join the staff of Hulbert Logistics, a respectable blue-chip firm in Telford. Great prospects, competitive salary - you don't have to be mad to work here! But wasn't she made for better things, like travelling by TARDIS through time and space? The Doctor, meanwhile, has been fired - into a confrontation with the most terrifying of enemies...

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A big step up from the last few episodes in quality. Even though I knew the twist I'm still quite excited to hear the second part.

Had some The Natural History of Fear vibes to it to.

4/5 recommended


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This is outstanding! Head and shoulders above the rest of the series with an ingenious premise and an exciting conclusion.

It’s Doctor Who meets The Office, with much of the dialogue pulled from mid-2000s office talk (including the terrible jokes). This is a very engaging and surprising setting for a sci-fi show. Then you get the big reveal - all the staff, including Lucie Miller who has been headhunted, have been hypnotised to perform their boring office jobs in aid of a mercenary army core. This reveal absolutely knocked me off my feet. Impeccably done.

To top it all off you then get the Cybermen making a genuinely surprising appearance at the end!


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DOCTOR: Is this London?

TODD HULBERT: Yes. I used to be based in Ipswich. But when somebody’s come half way across the galaxy for a business lunch, they don’t want to have it in Ipswich.

DOCTOR: Understandable.