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Released

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Written by

Andrew Smith

Runtime

72 minutes

Time Travel

Present

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Earth, England, London

Synopsis

When an archaeological dig in 1980s England finds a Movellan power pack buried amongst Iron Age artefacts, the Doctor and Romana have no choice but to investigate. And what they discover worries them very much indeed.

A Movellan ship is buried under the ground. Soon the robotic enemies of the Daleks are making their way to the surface, but they are not the biggest threat humanity faces.

Because on board this ship is the greatest weapon the Movellans have ever devised. A weapon that could stop the Daleks forever... and anything else that gets in their way.

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This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order.

Previous Story: Subterranea


I think this story has a lot going against it, mainly the Movellans. While I appreciate that Big Finish likes to give one-off villains second chances, there's usually a reason they are one-off. The Movellans manage to be one of the worst parts of Destiny of the Daleks, an already bad story. I will give credit to this though, it makes the Movellans marginally more interesting and I like Chenek as a character.

Even though the "robot with emotions" trope is a bit tired by now, this story manages to make it fairly interesting but aside from that I just didn't really enjoy this one. It lacks the rich atmosphere that every other story of this series has had so far, it lacks a genuinely interesting plot. A lot of action and yet not much happens at all.


Next Story: The Leisure Hive


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