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TARDIS Guide

Overview

Released

December 2010

Written by

Dick Sharples

Runtime

145 minutes

Time Travel

Unclear

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

Prison Planet, Spaceship

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Earth, England

Synopsis

A relaxing break for the Doctor and his companions Jamie and Zoe becomes something decidedly more sinister when they are arrested for trespass. But what has happened to the planet Earth? And how has the malevolent Chairman Babs gained control? As the Doctor and Jamie are incarcerated in a prison that they can never escape from, Zoe is forced to change sides...

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A much less interesting Galaxy 4. It's just as surface-level in its contemporaneous examination of second-wave feminism (and is also a little too obviously written by a bloke, what with Jamie's shower room encounter, the costume choices, not to mention spanking Zoe to deprogram her), but without the deeper subtext to do with gender expectations and aesthetic conformity. Stories like this that just swap gender labels and pat themselves on the back for being so darn thought-provoking are pretty lame in my view (see also: Star Trek TNG's Angel One, and Red Dwarf's Parallel Universe), and while I accept that this is very much a product of its era, I've seen this same tactic utilised so many times already that it just irritates me.

I mean, I like the performances (Frazier Hines' Second is as good as ever), and the big boy arts and crafts scene is pretty fun, but otherwise... bleh.


Mahan

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An interesting idea overall, but with some grating choices on the part of the author. Women rule the world, yet their uniform of choice is rubber catsuits? Hmmm!


SteffiJen

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I really liked the atmosphere in this one. I love these Lost Stories that really capture the vibe of the era. The soundtrack is also incredible.
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Azurillkirby

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I hate it sometimes lost is better


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