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Released

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Written by

Alan Barnes

Cover Art by

Will Brooks

Directed by

Nicholas Briggs

Runtime

56 minutes

Time Travel

Past

Synopsis

The Fendahl is the death of evolution, the horror that lies in wait at the far end of the food chain.

The Fendahl is death itself.

And the Fendahl is dead. The Doctor destroyed it many years ago, in another incarnation, when he encountered it in a place called Fetchborough.

But if the Fendahl is dead... how can it live again, on the remote island of Fandor?

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This play is one more of those nostalgia 8DAs which like to, for some reason, hearken back to the 4th Doctor era. Except this time, it is an actually competent one. There is a lot of exposition to get everyone on board with what happened in Image of the Fendahl, but the location and the characters are suitably off-putting, and the atmosphere perfectly conveys that something is just wrong about the whole affair. The last bit I found a bit less effective, but it did allow for some nice initiative for Lucie, who gets a suitable amount of focus throughout the play for a companion. The Doctor was a bit too much of an exposition machine for my liking, but he too gets to explore important parts of the plot.

Good, but the nostalgia factor is a bit grating.


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loved how this tied the other episodes together, felt very arc-like. i was rolling my eyes at the "defeat" and was ready to say how disappointed i was after loving it up to that point, then the 180 came, they weren't defeated. brilliant story and i'd love to hear another set like this with lucie and eight!


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Nice closer for a great set. I like the characterization and world-building here. Sheridan Smith has been pretty spectacular throughout this set, as well.
A. Maybe A+.

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