So, after really being taken by just how much I enjoyed Hunters of Earth, I expected Shadow of Death to be even better, because I usually enjoy Simon Guerrier's writing. Sadly, I do have to say in that regard I was a bit disappointed.

I can certainly see why Frazer Hines is part of the story's appeal and I do agree that his narration is the strongest aspect of Shadow of Death. The story, on the other hand, felt a lot more so-so to me. The TARDIS crew comes across a mysterious planet and a very limited cast of scientists. People compare it to the base under siege type episodes of old and the sound effects/music certainly live up to that era for better or worse, but it reminds me even of something like Silence of the Library of the modern age, just, you know... worse.

So I wasn't left with the most fond impression of Shadow of the Death. I found the plot extremely underwhelming and didn't take much away from it, outside of maybe a memorable scene where the Second Doctor encounters the Eleventh. Hines makes a scene like that work really well with his impression of the second doctor.

I love how long the doctor waits to save Jamie n Zoe but at the same time I don’t really vibe with how we got to that point

This one is a bit of a dull story. Something sends the TARDIS off-course, and they land on the base of this dead planet orbiting a pulsar. Some sort of time creature is stalking the TARDIS crew and a group of humans who are studying this alien city, and there's also some strange things concerning time running differently inside the base in comparison to on the planet's surface.

It's kind of reminiscent of the later 2017 story World Enough And Time/The Doctor Falls (although the latter does the time running differently concept much better in my opinion) and also the episode of The Daleks' Master Plan where Sara Kingdom dies. There are some nice moments, such as the scene where the Doctor receives a psychic message from the Eleventh Doctor and the Second Doctor remarks on their similarities, and Frazer Hines does a fantastic job at narrating it, but I feel like more could have been done with the story overall. It plods along too slowly, and probably could have been told in forty minutes rather than an hour.

midnight/wild blue yonder vibes

very good !!!