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Released

Friday, March 22, 2024

Written by

Robert Valentine

Runtime

40 minutes

Time Travel

Unclear

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Zycros

Synopsis

Once every thousand years, the frozen planet of Zycros thaws, revealing the most fertile soil in the universe. For a brief window, Zycros becomes the farming capital of the cosmos, and that brings with it many visitors - including a small blue box and its two occupants, keen to stretch their legs. But as the ice melts and the temperature rises, the Doctor and Peri realise that this pleasant stroll may be the last one they ever take together...

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

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Easily the best so far. Instead of trying to pack a whole story into 30 minutes it's essentially a character piece for the Doctor and Peri instead. 6 and Peri's dynamic is at it's best here. It's also very atmospheric, we're on a completely snowed over planet that's slowly melting and the soundscape for that is phenomenal. We also finally meet the quin Ervis whose been referenced over and over throughout the set and honestly I'm a bit disappointed. I thought they'd do something a bit more interesting with the whole "everybody hates him" and have him actually be the only nice, well-rounded quin but they went with the boring option. Good story though, overall.


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Omg this story is somthing I’ve needed for so long peri n 6th talking about there adventures and how far they have come as a duo love to see it


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This episode is very special to me. Despite the Quin Dilemma's structure in my opinion sort of being a weakness for this boxset, this particular part manages to take advantage of the shorter section by giving a really powerful close look at the relationship between 6 and Peri. It's emotional, it's hopeful, it's tragic, it's everything you could want from a story that takes a proper examination of the 6/Peri dynamic and how it's grown over time. I will cherish this episode for many years to come<3


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