Stories Audio Drama The Fourth Doctor Adventures The Dalek Contract 1 image Back to Story Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Default Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 4 reviews 16 January 2025 · 235 words Review by KnuppMello Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! Original (Brazilian Portuguese) Translation (English) É chegado o final da 2° Temporada do Fourth Doctor Adventures, infelizmente a última história da Mary Tamm e felizmente o primeiro encontro de K9 com os Daleks. Eu estaria mentindo se chegasse aqui e te falasse que essa é uma história Dalek diferenciada, não...não é. Na verdade ela é cheia de ideias tradicionais já muito conhecidas pelos fãs da série, o Doutor sendo o sábio salvador que guia e compartilha seus conhecimentos para derrotar os Daleks, um grupo de rebeldes que luta contra os Daleks, um vilão que faz um acordo com os Daleks e depois acaba quebrando a cara, o Doutor discursando em um "face to face" com o Dalek Supreme. Além disso, quando analisamos ao todo sua estrutura percebemos que ela possui uma problemática tão simples mais tão simples, que fica nítido o quanto seu passo a passo o quanto sua narrativa foi bem arrastada em vários momentos, sinceramente eu fiquei com um sentimento de que tudo poderia ter sido bem resolvido e bem aplicado em apenas 1 parte. Mesmo com isso, ainda acho um Finale bem aceitável e divertido, os Daleks dando de...de...de...defeitooo...exa...exater...exatemi...exaterminateee!!! 🤣🤣 foi bem engraçado, a quebra de clima quando o Doctor se "sacrifica" para resolver uma situação, a conclusão da história a forma como tudo é resolvido é bem empolgante, e o desempenho perfeito do trio Tom Baker, Mary Tamm e John Leeson. The end of the 2nd Season of the Fourth Doctor Adventures has arrived, unfortunately marking the last story featuring Mary Tamm and fortunately the first encounter of K9 with the Daleks. I would be lying if I told you that this is a unique Dalek story, no... it's not. In fact, it is full of traditional ideas already well known by fans of the series, like the Doctor being the wise saviour who guides and shares his knowledge to defeat the Daleks, a group of rebels fighting against the Daleks, a villain who makes a deal with the Daleks and then ends up regretting it, the Doctor delivering a speech in a "face to face" with the Dalek Supreme. Moreover, when we analyse its overall structure, we realise that it has such a simple problem, so simple, that it becomes clear how its step by step and its narrative were dragged out in several moments, honestly I felt that everything could have been well resolved and well executed in just 1 part. Even with that, I still find it a fairly acceptable and fun finale, the Daleks going...defe...defec...defec...defective!!! 🤣🤣 was quite funny, the change of atmosphere when the Doctor "sacrifices" himself to resolve a situation, the conclusion of the story and the way everything is resolved is quite exciting, and the perfect performance by the trio Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, and John Leeson. (Translation generated by AI, so mistakes are possible). KnuppMello View profile Like Liked 2 26 May 2024 · 113 words Review by thedefinitearticle63 Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order. Previous Story: Phantoms of the Deep Fairly standard Dalek story, but it stands out with both K9 and Romana I. Their interactions with the Daleks are fun to listen to, Romana's interrogation scene and the almost rivalry between K9 and the Daleks are both really fun and it features the return of Cuthbert from a few stories prior. He's even more slimy and annoying in this so that's nice. Solid fun and if the second part lives up to this one then it'll be a good way to end a really great series. Next Story: The Final Phase thedefinitearticle63 View profile Like Liked 1 16 June 2025 · 444 words Review by Ryebean Spoilers This review contains spoilers! REVIEW ALSO POSTED IN THE FINAL PHASE Again, we have a very bog-standard Dalek fare which should've been a lot stronger. The Fourth Doctor is really heroic in this story, willing to sacrifice himself and board the Dalek ship alone (At least, I think that's what happened, I got a bit muddled and confused as to what was going on in the plot), but there wasn't much Fourth Doctor-ness involved. Considering he seems threatened and scared by the Daleks in Genesis and Energy, I didn't see much of that when he faced off the Daleks, and seemed to shrug them off nonchalantly as just another monster. K-9 gets a bit to do, too, but I can't believe that he is able to take down Daleks with his little laser - but I love his theme so much. Mary Tamm's final story, and she's fantastic, taking the reigns when she believes the Doctor to be dead, fighting off the Daleks no matter how bleak the situation is - I can't stress how magnificent it is that we got another season with this TARDIS team, she's so incredibly underrated. While I still prefer Romana II, it's not a dampener on Tamm's run, however brief it was. You truly were the noblest Romana of them all. Thank you, Mary Tamm. The Daleks are done dirty in this story - defeated by the sonic screwdriver, K-9's laser, teaming up with a lesser being, easily thrown off and the most complicated plan ever - I still don't understand why Cuthbert would willingly team up with them - they contribute nothing but a security force, but he's already the most powerful man on Earth, so what's the point? Speaking of Cuthbert, David Warner is standout again, starting off as a generic bad guy but developing into someone a lot more complex and with a lot of different layers, eventually helping to stop the Daleks - But methinks this isn't the last we've heard from him. Something that makes this season stand out to me is the variety of different locations that we explore - the 20s, the desert, Victorian era, and now a snow world, full of harsh landscapes and blizzards - the fact that Daleks are able to conquer this environment when it's rather difficult for the humans adds another challenge for them to combat. Basic human force, nothing special, meh, meh, meh. This is a decent conclusion, but considering the rest of the season, it could've been a lot stronger. You'd think that, being the voice of the Daleks, Nick Briggs would understand how to give them a good story and a nice end to Romana I. Ryebean View profile Like Liked 0 5 June 2025 · 18 words Review by Rock_Angel Not really feeling this story unfortunately it’s kinda just very generic as a finale to a good series Rock_Angel View profile Like Liked 0
