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TARDIS Guide

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Released

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Written by

Robert Valentine

Runtime

78 minutes

Time Travel

Future

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

Robots

Synopsis

Mel, Hebe and Elise find themselves inside a plastic bubble-city in a distant future of humanity where robotic ‘Purifiers’ police the sickly populace. Purity rules this antiseptic nightmare from her high tower, and with the Doctor as her unwilling new helper, she can finally make everything...perfect.

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

Previous Story: The Corruptions


Maybe not the ending I was hoping for, but a solid one nonetheless. This story starts off annoyingly slow but it really picks up in the second half so I won't complain too much. It's a tad disappointing that this is now the third weird alternate/future reality that we've been to in a row, I really hoped they'd change it up a bit for the finale but alas. It just ends up feeling samey when Purity keeps escaping and creating a new "pure" world every time.

I'm not sure how much I care for bringing back Khavûl but at the very least I found him miles more interesting in this story than his last. I quite liked the resolution riffing on The War Games but instead of summoning the Time Lords the Doctor summoned the Chronomancers. It was a solid ending and a good way to tie back to Chronomancer. I also like Evelyn's presence looming over this entire run, she's been involved from the start and it's a sweet way to keep the character involved.


Next Story: The End of the Line


6, Hebe and Mel Review


I've really liked this entire run to be honest. It feels like a very modern and fresh direction for Sixie to go. Ruth Madeley has been brilliant as Hebe throughout and the stories have (on the whole) been very good. I'm not sure what the future of this TARDIS team will be but I really do hope we get to see them again.


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