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TARDIS Guide

Overview

Released

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Written by

Paul Magrs

Directed by

Kate Thomas

Runtime

74 minutes

Time Travel

Past

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Earth, New York, USA

Synopsis

Two things arrive on the same night in Central Park, New York, 1976, The first is a fireball from space, bringing with it a new identity for one Alice Trefusis. The second is the TARDIS, carrying the Doctor and his friends on the trail of an unusual comic book cover.

The Doctor's strength is sapped by something in the New York air – but what could cause such a malaise? As he and Mike are first mixed up with the police and then taken on an aerial ride over the city, Mrs Wibbsey comes face to face with the legendary Talkies film star Mimsy Loyne.

And all the while, long multicoloured scarves and floppy felt hats are climbing the stairs of the Dakota building...

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

Previous Story: A Shard of Ice

I'm really enjoying how different the style of these stories are from one to the next. This one is especially similar to The Return of Doctor Mysterio but in my opinion this does the whole idea much better. I'm also enjoying the different narrators for each story, it's a good contrast to Hornets' Nest being mainly narrated by the Doctor. We finally get more insight into the Demon and their motivations are much clearer now.

I did quite like the reveal that this whole story was a comic book being read to us, it's similar to the reveal at the end of the last story. Once again, the cover art is fantastic and captures that comic-book look.

Next Story: Sepulchre


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