Eliminating the Dalek time strategist would seem to on the cards in this adventure. Commodore Tamasan has been sent on a mission, though why someone of her rank has been sent is a little unclear. However the Doctor is on the same mission himself.

I think I maybe changing my feeling toward the War Doctor audios, as I found myself rather enjoying this.  It has a film/novel feel to it, with the Doctor and Tamasan in a bar looking for a contact and there being a time shift and unexplained occurrences.

There are some nice ideas: the Squad mentioned in the title have been created to prevent the Dalek time strategist from being able to interfere with their mission. The Strategist existing in all versions of time and thus being able to alter the past to change the future.

Time war stories have never been that gripping to me, however sometimes they throw up an audio that hits the nail on the head. Going from probably dropping the War Doctor adventures I’m looking forward to more.

Reccomended

Some really clever ideas, like the Shadow Squad itself and that ending with family but I’m sorry so much is so badly written. So much dialogue feels really unnatural. I don’t feel like I’m listening to the characters talking to each other, but like they are specifically talking to make me understand the story. That might not be the writing necessarily though. It could also be the stilted acting. I suppose as always it’s a bit of both that doesn’t gel well with me. The time loop ending is also a bit weak in my opinion, and for the conclusion to be “oh none of the 50 minutes you just listened to happened anymore” to come so suddenly came to me as a bit cheap too. I’m definitely rambling here so might as well ramble some more positive points. The Dalek that exists across all timelines is a pretty cool concept. The beginning is very intriguing and well done. So like lots of great ideas, but the way it comes across doesn’t really work for me.