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TARDIS Guide

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Released

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Written by

Jonathan Morris

Runtime

78 minutes

Time Travel

Unclear

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Cathon

Synopsis

The TARDIS is going underground. When the Doctor and Romana find themselves buried beneath the surface of an alien world, they're soon swallowed up by a giant burrowing machine. This is where the inhabitants of this planet live - in huge, constantly moving, Drill-towns, chewing up the fuel and resources of the planet in order to survive.

But something else lurks in the earth. Something that feeds on the Drill-towns. Something that is relentless and will not stop.

The Silex are hunting.

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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: The Haunting of Malkin Place


This is a story with a rich atmosphere and deep sense of claustrophobia. Part 1 is especially good with the looming threat of the Silex, before they get explained they really do feel like this unexplicable force of nature. The second part is still good but takes away from the excellent mystery of the Silex.

The supporting cast are fairly good, Matthew Cottle as Mr Maxwell Wilberforce Bell especially stands out. In general, this is just a really fun story that feels like it could slot in perfectly during the appropriate era of the show and it's a shame K9 wasn't in this story as I think he would suit this story very well.


Next Story: The Movellan Grave


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