This is a story that, on paper, is very good. Avril comes back! She wants to steal Peter! Ruth and Jack discover their pasts and Brax finally defeats Pandora from Gallifrey for good! All that sounds great, and what's more it's set at Christmas, how lovely. If you like a plot, this sure is a plot that seems great.

But despite all this, it manages to be exceedingly boring.

As I say, there's nothing strictly bad in this. The acting is fine, the sound design is a little saccharine in places but servicable, the plot is theoretically fun. But I can't make myself say anything else about it but 'it's fine'. I found it to chug slowly along, and even all the twists were like 'and now this is happening'. I couldn't feel sad about Peter because I've not connected to him at all since Boxset Era began, and Ruth and Jack are so nothingy to me that their shady pasts didn't hit at all. Even Benny, who I adore, doesn't make me feel anything in this one.

I wish I had more to say, but I don't. It's fine. This is the worst boxset of Boxset Era.