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With the previous entry in The Stranger series, More Than a Messiah blurring the lines between actual Doctor Who and not quite Doctor Who even further, In Memory Alone manages to make it so that it could be part of either series with the old reliable storytelling device of amnesia. It also marks the debut of Nicholas Briggs' involvement with BBV as a whole, writing and starring in this third entry.

A deserted railway station is violently distorted by the arrival of something that has travelled across the unimaginable vastness of space. It has a need. A train approaches, but it's only passenger-only knows that he does not belong here. A woman waits on the station platform, but she does not know what she is waiting for. Who is the boring little man in the bowler hat - and how does he keep appearing from nowhere? Why is the station patrolled by the sinister robotic Drudgers? What could be at the heart of this mystery, tightening its grip, controlling and sucking in a void from outside?

In Memory Alone plays upon the fears of the unknown as well as machines and programs attempting to gain sentience through their interactions with both The Stranger and Miss Brown. The directing is solid as per the norm with this series at this point and the new visual effects on the DVD really add to the fantastical dream-like setting of the abandoned railway station.

Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant are great as usual but the standout is Nicholas Briggs as Minor. Briggs' writing is very good and shows the stepping stones towards his excellent Auton films. Alistair Lock's music is great but isn't included on the DVD isolated, still a very groovy listen, however.

Overall, In Memory Alone is another step in the right direction for Unofficial Doctor Who and again shows the strengths that could be explored for this sort of drama.

It's keying into the rotting remnants of a dead brain, not very healthy.

Good vibe and thats about it.

To me, this has been the best installment of the Stranger so far. I’ll definitely miss Miss Brown, and I really liked the concepts and liminal spaces of this minisode. But Nicholas Briggs can’t act, and the plot didn’t plot. So 3.5/5.

at last, a film in the series which is actually comprehensible! ironic that its the amnesia one. this is almost decent, possibly because it was written by nick briggs. who knows at this point

my god nick cannot act for s**t he was so wooden the only saving grace was miss brown