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Released

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Written by

Guy Adams

Runtime

72 minutes

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Callanna

Synopsis

Abandoned on the planet Callanna, Nyssa, Tegan and Marc take advantage of its therapeutic atmosphere to come to terms with recent events; but others seek to take advantage too. The Slitheen are on their way – and they're ready to sell this world to the highest bidder!

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This review contains spoilers!

This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order.

Previous Story: Thin Time


Doctor-lites are quite rare for any stories set during the classic era. You'd think that with such a unique and dynamic companion team, they'd be able to carry this story without the Doctor but they really can't. This story explores Marc in a nice way at the start, before sidelining his character and making him unable to form coherent sentences.

Tegan is more like her character on TV, she's whiny and annoying and it feels strangely contrasting to the rich character-work Big Finish have done for her. All that leaves Nyssa as the only character even somewhat compelling and I don't think even Tom Baker could make this story entertaining so Nyssa stands no chance.

I'm sure some people find the Slitheen appealing, I'm sure they have the potential to be appealing, but they just aren't in this story at all. By far, they are what made this story such a slog to get through.


Next Story: The Lost Resort


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