You don't need faith when you have knowledge.

Taren Capel as a story sets itself up with a chess game that goes on to form the backbone of this story's structure, showcasing the clues as to where this story is going to be going with all the moves that Carnell and V31 engage over the course of their game. The series continues to provide a fantastic ongoing narrative, this time with an awakening evil, lurking in the shadows...

Strange times have come to Kaldor City. A long-vanished prophet speaks again; a plot is uncovered hinting at corruption among the Founding Families. Even the robots on which the city depends might hold secrets that no one dares imagine. Carnell must pit himself against an unseen adversary in a game that may bring him face to face with the dead...

Focusing on Iago's attempt to get to the bottom of a scheme apparently instigated by Taren Capel before his death, with an attack on one of the capital buildings, by ever-increasing support for Capel Cultists. It's worth noting that this audio features the return of, albeit not as the main star, David Bailie as Taren Capel himself in the form of audio logs recorded during the murders of Storm Mine 4. The lines between friends and foe increasingly blur, with Iago and Carnell's mutual distrust for one another drawing on parallels between each other and Capel's behaviour in The Robots of Death further fleshing out their own twisted morality.

With the usually incredible performances and minimalist soundscape, Taren Capel is yet another brilliant entry in the finest Doctor Who spin-off, with some consequences that are still to come...

The man was a maniac. Now he's a dead maniac. How can a corpse be a threat?

In a vacuum Taren Capel isn't anything special, but as part of the entire Kaldor City series it really starts to tie together the threads that have been running through the entire series. I really enjoyed this release, and can see Kaldor City as something that I will re-listen to when I have finished the entire series.

As usual the voice acting is top-notch, as well as the overall sound design.