A banger first part of the finale. The Master is beyond sinister and as a Derbyshire resident it was nice to have the White Worm mentioned. Some really cool folk horror vibes here, although... The Kraals? The guys from Android Invasion? That's our finale villain?

REVIEW ALSO POSTED IN THE OSEIDON ADVENTURE

I'm considering this a four-part story, so part 1 and 2 is Trail, and 3 and 4 is Oseidon. Finale? Pfft.

The Doctor really doesn't get much to do at all in this story. He walks about for a bit, talks to some locals, walks around a bit more and gets captured. Leela's the real star here, getting to fight the Master at the start of Part 2, then basically saving the day with her new best friend - Pink Gin! However, the relationship between the pair has so clearly grown that they are having great fun, especially when they escape!

I can't really see the Master in this situation. The first half of the story is more realistic, hiding away in the big house, getting Spindleton to do his dirty work whilst he is dying, but the second half, he's way too practical for someone who's basically been fried. He's also very out of character, probably due to the android stuff, but I'll get onto that later.
The White Worm had some great setup, but it was just a monster to help the Master's real plan.
Spindleton was alright. There were far too many villains for me to understand all their motives and who was helping who, but from what I gathered, he was helping the Master, then the Kraals, then the Earth? I get why he was in the story, but it was far too complicated.
Kraals. To be honest, I liked the Kraals. But this story made them very comic-y and grumpy. I'm not sure what their plan was, and why Grinmal ended up siding with the Doctor and Leela. It's a shame that they weren't used properly, because I was excited for them to return.
The final villains, the androids. They properly confused me. I couldn't tell who was who, and when someone was or wasn't an android. However, I liked how they used the same sound effects for the finger weapons. Great work there.

Whoo, that was a lot.

The side characters didn't really have anything to do here. Unfortunately, there were so many villains that the locals really didn't have anything to do aside from... rob a house for some reason and... chase the White Worm?

Disappointing end to an average season of the Fourth Doctor Adventures. The main problem with the season is how it tried to use nostalgia to drive the stories instead of the actual plot itself. Won't be reviewing FDA1 just yet, will review all the audios together before I start Season 15.

An alright start to this finale enjoyed it way more then my first listen

This one moves at a crazy fast pace, like it's been sped up. Perhaps the director knew they had a lot of script to get through and not enough time to get through it.

I like the northern England setting. Leela is intelligent and outwits a local which is nice to experience. Tom is clearly enjoying the comedic tone of the story - it's a great romp! Amongst other things the doctor and leela get stuck in the belly of a space worm. The reveal of the Beevers master works well but it could have been built up a little more.

Overall it is quite a fluffy first part to the finale of Tom Baker's first season at BF. Looking forward to seeing if my perspective of this story changes after part 2.