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TARDIS Guide

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Released

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Written by

Justin Richards

Runtime

64 minutes

Time Travel

Past

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Earth, Germany

Synopsis

The TARDIS materialises in the backstreets of London in the 1940s. Whilst K9 entertains himself in the time ship's library, the Doctor takes Leela for a walk in the streets.

But England's capital is oddly quiet. There are no cars and very few pedestrians... whilst those people they do meet appear really quite English indeed. And all the while they are monitored by cameras feeding images into a secret control room.

Something strange is happening in the city. Traitors are running wild... and nothing and no-one are quite as they seem.

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This review contains spoilers!

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

Previous Story: The Demon Rises

I didn't expect to enjoy this one as much as I did, it seemed like another "19th-early 20th century London mystery" story which get repetitive really quickly. Luckily, this story quickly proved to be quite interesting, with the first part being an engaging slow-burn mystery surrounding a small pocket of London that was practically deserted, it was similar in feel to the first part of "Invasion of the Dinosaurs" with the Doctor again remarking that it must be a Sunday.

In hindsight, it should have been obvious to me that it was something to do with the war as it was quite suspiciously not mentioned at all despite this story clearly being set in the early 1940s. The second part is a little more run-of-the-mill and raises the usual moral questions when it comes to the Doctor and war. With an engaging performance from both the main and supporting cast, an eerie atmosphere and a somewhat unique villain this story is a solid little mystery.

Next Story:  The Bad Penny


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