(Listened to fan-read audiobook by The Sirens of Audio)

First Doctor historical tragedies just hit different. The language and descriptiveness in this story is so horrifically obscene that I can't help but feel the same horror as Ian. One of the best.

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Another author writing under a pseudonym comes next, but this isn’t Stephen Cole but Rebecca Levene writing as Evan Pritchard, Levene clearly tributing her love of the pure historical.  Set in Judea under the Roman occupation, instead of doing a comedy historical a la The Romans, it’s very much Levene’s attempt to reconcile The Aztecs for a second time.  Though, instead of Barabara being the one in the position not to change history, it is actually Ian which narratively is an interesting choice.  In construction Ian and Barbara as characters represent the future and the past, respectively.  They are a science and history teacher for a reason, so giving Ian this story is honestly a weird idea.  It actually works because Ian as a character cares about the people he finds himself with while the Doctor and Susan are oddly delighted at the weird conflict around the setting, Israel and Palestine as a conflict is outright mentioned as something for the future that is a little bit odd in places.  It’s a solid enough tribute really, but that’s all it is, a tribute act.  7/10.

A Short Trip? A pure historical? Ian-centric? That can mean only one thing; my poor sweet science man is about to suffer. Legitimately emotionally taxing, poor man's really gone through a harrowing experience here.

This story is definitely a fun little short trip definitely takes Ian and Barbara in a different direction too