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TARDIS Guide

Overview

Released

Monday, May 31, 2010

Written by

Nigel Fairs

Narrated by

Louise Jameson

Runtime

73 minutes

Time Travel

Unclear

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

Vampires

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Omnipetoria, Westtropi III

Synopsis

Leela, in her last moments of life, recalls a long-forgotten memory: a time in the TARDIS. The Doctor is worried that K9's increasingly bizarre behaviour might become dangerous. He decides to make a new model, little knowing that the fate of all three time travellers has long since been decided.

As Leela recalls the chilling connection between K9's ‘illness’, the Z-nai and the haunted sea fort in which the TARDIS lands, she prepares for her final journey: into the land of her ancestors, the Afterlife.

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

Previous Story: Return to Telos

The end to the Z'nai trilogy, and probably the strongest out of the 3. Unfortunately I think it works best if you listen to all 3 in a row, instead of the way I've done it. It continues a lot of the plot threads from previous stories and I found that a bit difficult as I struggled to pay attention with the first one. Otherwise it's a stand-out companion chronicle.

There's a lot to say about it, Jameson's performance is extremely good, further cementing Leela as one of my favourite companions so far. I feel like this solves the problem i had with the Doctor feeling mischaracterised in the previous parts, he felt too angry and distant when there was no real threat, this story adds context that really helps explain why the Doctor cares so much. Oh and, the Third Doctor shows up, though he doesn't really play an active role in the story, but I'm always happy to hear more 3.

I think the cyclical storyline leads to quite a sense of reward at the end and I always like stories that aren't afraid to play around with chronology. This is a strong story and an unexpectedly good ending to a trilogy which I wasn't the biggest fan of.

Next Story: Underworld

 


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