Really fun and intruging drama that brings up a lot of questions about Time Lord ethics and political intruige. I loved Romana and her decisive leadership and also Leelas unique perspective that contrasted and complimented her. Very fun banter between all the characters; I really liked Brax here. K9 is delightful but I thought the slave disguise thing was a bit uncomfortable. As someone getting into Gallifrey it was a little hard to follow at times since there are so many new characters and organisations and plot threads. I imagine it would be even better if you re-listened to it later to get the full experience. However this doesn't stop it from being a super interesting introduction to the series and im excited to listen to more.

(Also, they mention the Doctor occasionally which makes me very happy; they're my favourite character)

Weapon of Choice is certainly an amazing introduction to an amazing series. I love Gallifrey so, so much, and Weapon of Choice already has so many of the threads that make it such a great series, even if that might be hard to notice on first listen. The characters are great, their banter is off the charts here and Weapon of Choice is so full of energy!! If this is your first time listening stick with it, and definitely come back around to this one because there are so many little things that are amazing and you can't even know yet. And to see where Narvin started! Such a grumpy guy. Leela and Romana are both amazing and to see them here, at the beginning of it all is wonderful. It breaks my heart how hurt they both are. Love this episode!

Entertaining enough with the political intrigue and the intro/outro music helped set the mood.

Well, time to tip my toes in Gallifrey for the first time.

**Important: Small Spoilers for the Invasion of Time**

I must say I expected to be more “meh” on it, but no, really enjoyed this. This is such a perfect pilot, it introduces you to the feel of this Series. It introduces, or in this case reintroduces, plenty of the Characters greatly.

Lalla and Louise feel so comfortable with the Medium of Audio, you could fool me that they did 100 Stories before this one, but no just a few before if I recall correctly. While at times the pace was pretty slow, I didn't mind.

And I am really surprised that they acknowledge this AWFUL ending for Leela from IoT, adding more depth to it, actually. And it has many great character Moments here, overall really enjoyed my Time with it. What it sets out to do, it does so well.

...Is it a hot take to say, that Leela aka Louise is the big standout here?

Weapon of Choice - 7/10

I'm not grabbed yet, but I am intrigued.

I'm a big fan of these types of sci-fi or fantasy political dramas, so already got me on that front, and I think that it's done really well here. The idea of a 'rubbish bin' of all unlicensed time travelers is a fun setting, it's a bit of a shame they don't do more with it, but it's not really the focus of the story so it makes sense.

The opening 10 minutes especially is a great hook into the rest of the story, and it's nice that they give that sort of opening that works well regardless of any prior knowledge of characters or setting.

That said, that's the main complaint I have so far, the characters all seem interesting, this is my first real Brax story and he's great here, but it just sort of puts you into the middle of things on this one without you getting as much of a chance to know the characters and I'd hope for. Granted with the inquest into Romana II coming up I'm sure that's something the rest of the stories do, and they likely just wanted something a bit more thrilling to hook people in, which makes sense.

The ending also leaves a few different plot threads open which all intrigue me, and I can't wait to listen to the rest!