The Ninth Doctor #32

'Shades of Fear: The Blooming Menace' (2023) from The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Series 2.

I wasn't sure about this at first, but as it went on I found myself getting more and more into it. The setting of the Fellows Club and all the posh-tosh accents and personalities that come with it was very humorous, and the little budding romance going on I quite got into and enjoyed. Big fan of the Day of the Triffids vibes this has, and the presence of the scientist was great. Not too keen on Nanny, or really much after things start to get explained and resolved, but the characters and setting made it a fun time overall.

A lovely life-affirming tale. Another stellar entry in the 9DA.

I think the other reviews are too rough on this one. It's lovely that our heroine(?) simply wants so cross-dress and that they're accepted and loved by Toby. It is not a failure of the story that they are not trans, but a celebration of individuality. We know that 9 — and all Doctors — are allies. If we didn't have Tania a few episodes ago, maybe this would feel like a cop out. But we did and it doesn't.

could've easily been a trans subplot but no. great. the plot itself was boring, the characters arcs were just predictable and went nowhere interesting. i don't ever wanna see james kettle write a 9da idk why but his 9das are just.. not good.

Heartbreaking: the person in a ninth doctor audio who cut their hair, lived as a man, and used he/him to enter a gentlemans club ended up being a cis woman just pretending and got married to a man and was not, in fact, a gay trans man 💔