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The Fourth Doctor Adventures S2 • Episode 2

The Sands of Life

3.15/ 5 41 votes

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Review of The Sands of Life by thedefinitearticle63

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

Previous Story: The Stealers from Saiph

This is actually a fairly decent Briggs story, it's not full of vague action sequences and frustratingly bland characters. The Laan are actually a really cool concept for a monster. The story itself is decent, I don't think the Doctor gets enough to do and in general some of the conflicts feel forced. In general I think this story is mainly setting up the next one, so I can only hope that will be better.

Cuthbert, played by the late David Warner is an annoyingly evil character and he succeeds in being a hateable villain.

I found it weird that it was 3 parts, it didn't really add anything to the story. Not great, not terrible.

Next Story: War Against the Laan

Review last edited on 25-05-24

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