I do really have a big soft spot for that Story.

Always liked the idea of Richard E Grant playing the Doctor and while obvious not as good as many of the canon ones (mainly because it’s his first outing and fairly rarely do the Doctors get me in their first outing), I still very much enjoyed this one. I think Cornell is a great Writer, yes this might be lower in comparison to his other Who Outings, but the Idea of the Shalka and how it gets defeated is absolutely lovely.

I do think the limited Animation are pretty solid too, even through I much more prefer Cosgroves later Who Outing with the Invasion Animation.

Overall, it’s definitely an oddity. I do think with maybe more Outings, E Grant could have found more of his footing in the role. Because while as I said I really like this Story at parts it’s fairly obvious that Richard hasn’t fully found his way in the role yet.
I guess the Story would have benefit more from having more follow-ups fleshing out this Incarnation, because there would have been certainly some great Potential in it (at least in my eyes).

I certainly witnessed this. I feel like I was going insane the whole time but I certainly witnessed it.

The animation is terrifying, the Shalka were sadly not that cool, the screaming got old very fast.

But the rest is 10/10!!!! Richard E. Grant's Doctor is as good as they say. Really feels like a mix between Eight and Nine, amazingly. Maybe a bit of Twelve as well? Allison, the companion, is also very nice, dumps her boring boyfriend to go travel with the Doctor, as she should. But the android Master the Doctor just has hanging around in the TARDIS??? Android Master that the Doctor built??? Amazing. Congrats on the wedding. Very Twelve/Missy coded. No further comments.

PRIME: Stand aside, lower creature.
MASTER: I pride myself that I'm the dearest companion to the owner of this craft, so I'm very much afraid I shall not.

I think this was a fun watch. I loved the dynamic between The Master and The Doctor in this one, and the fact that they end up travelling together. I enjoyed the story and Richard E. Grant was a brilliant Doctor.

Oh but it's fun

Richard E Grant's Doctor was a delightful blend of mysteriously gothic and also deeply silly. Alison I also loved dearly, and I think she played well off the Doctor. The Master was fun, the Shalka even looked pretty cool despite the animation* and the awful sound effects

*I will accept it has a certain nostalgic charm but that does come about from it being A Little Bit Shite