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TARDIS Guide

Overview

Released

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Written by

Chris Chapman

Runtime

122 minutes

Time Travel

Future

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

Political commentary

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Formicia

Synopsis

It’s L/Wren Mrs Constance Clarke’s birthday - and Flip is determined to make it an anniversary to remember.

The futuristic colony of Formicia, where the pampered populace pass their days in endless leisure, seems the perfect place for a ‘Wren Party’. But all is not as it seems. Looking down from the Middle, the skyscraping tower that ascends as far as the colony ceiling, Formicia’s overseers can see that the Doctor doesn’t fit in - and it’s not just his coat that makes him conspicuous...

“The End is the Beginning,” say the propaganda-like posters all over Formicia. Because to be part of this perfect society comes at a price. And the Doctor's already in arrears.

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I really enjoyed this one! The plot kept branching off into very unexpected directions, and it had some poignant things to say about aging and our different responsibilities in life. Great performances, and you're not going to be able to guess where it's going next.


The Doctor, Constance and Flip arrive on a planet where the people are segregated by age.

As with a lot of stories it takes the whole first episode to actually discover the plot. With it being Constance's birthday, our hero's get seperated, each one having to work out what exactly is going on.

Episode 2 almost has four endings, the Doctor cries 'Noooo..." and sounds as if its going to lead into the theme, but carries on, but it does a similar thing again another couple of times.

The idea that, in reaching a certain age you then have to go from being a care free youth to a dedicated worker, is OK, but, doesn't hold up to scrutiny, you may be 35 but you might also have a baby, or young dependants. There are also one or two coincidences (Constance birthday and being the exact age to be in a different group than Flip)- but in all fairness no that much more than any other story.

But I enjoyed it, I have to admint I listened in dribs an drabs, since I didn't have the time and its not the best way to enjoy the audios.

Fair


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