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Overview

Released

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Written by

Jonathan Morris

Directed by

Jason Haigh-Ellery

Runtime

59 minutes

Time Travel

Future

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

Robots, Space Station

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Haven Station One

Synopsis

The Haven hangs in space. A vast star city, devoid of life. Organic life, that is.

From their high spire, looking out over silent streets and empty plazas, the Assemblers are waiting for the day when the humans arrive. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting…

When the TARDIS brings the Doctor and Lucie to the Haven, it seems like the Assemblers’ long wait might be over. Living beings! Without batteries! Protocol be praised!

Except – they’re headed for the lower levels. They don’t want to do that. That’s where the Cannibalists live. And if the Cannibalists catch them – well, they won’t be living beings much longer…

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I loved The Cannabalists and found it a very impressive audio on the whole.

The Cannabalists themselves are absolutely brutal in how they dispatch their victims and I found it very striking. It feels like the Doctor and Lucie have a lot less to do here than in your average Doctor Who story, but thanks to excellent sound design in the Cannabalists, this is an audio I won't be forgetting any time soon. It really feels like the robot victims are being torn up while alive and experiencing every moment of it with a degree of discomfort comparable to a human victim. It took me off guard but I think it was pretty great in giving the story a strong sense of stakes.

With other memorable aspects to The Cannabalists like the poetic robot, and even just how weird and quirky the whole thing is as a plot completely focused on robots. I think it worked well enough with the story's ending and there were some creative elements to it, but this is where it wore a bit thinner for me. Still, I had a very memorable time and did enjoy myself. It works really well as a nice, standalone Eighth Doctor story built around a specific theme, and I think it largely worked with that.


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Another Jonathan Morris story that I enjoyed a lot more than I expected. The titular Cannibalists are surprisingly terrifying villains. The climax at the end of the story is kind of brilliant, honestly.
A. Maybe A+.

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Lucie: Why did they have to die for this stupid "Protocol"?

Doctor: No, not stupid. Nothing which gives people hope, strength and courage is stupid. Protocol preserves us.

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