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

Previous Story: Quicksilver

This is such an odd story, I'm genuinely not sure what to think about it. It's really disjointed, the parts all follow on from one another but the story itself is constantly shifting. The first part is just the Doctor, Constance, and Flip at a party. The Doctor vanishes off with some woman for a good chunk of the story. There's a rhino that escapes and they have to catch it and then Flip and the rhino get abducted by some weird rich creep.

None of it makes sense and none if is particularly fun to listen to either. It's extremely jarring and yet still manages to be quite boring. There's commentary on women's rights and the slave trade in here somewhere although I don't really think it's there to say anthing other than "this is a thing that happened and it was bad". Quite a disappointing story all in all, Flip and Constance are split up for a good chunk of it so we don't even get that much more of their dynamic.

Next Story: The Middle

Its an interesting one this, an historical - not always the most gripping for a sci fi fan as myself, but they can be quite informative and hold the attention.

The Doctor, Flip and Constance arrive in England in the 1700's and well... Spend some time there.

The thing is that there isn't so much as a single overarching plot in this audio. The emphasis of the story shifts in each episode, it starts off not really about anything- a dance with the guests awaiting on the Lady clara to arrive. Then there's an animal on the loose in the second, the abduction of Flip in the third. If you've listened to Time in Office, its in a similar vein. Same time, characters, place but more a series of connected events.

There is almost some romance for the Doctor, but much more like in the Aztecs rather than some of the newer TV episodes.

Other themes deal with the issue of slavery and the position of women in society, not quite at the forefront but are there.

On the whole I liked it. A refreshing change from the normal run arounds. I can understand why this might be a love or hate it scenario. As I said, the during first episode you do wonder when the plot is going to kick in, but then once you get the idea that this audio isn't following the usuall run of things then you can get onboard with it.