Telos is great. Tension reaches its peak as the character dynamics progress. Just really good. Even better, it just gets better in the next series.

This review is based on my third time listening to this audio. Honestly, it's not as good as I remembered it, but it's still pretty good. Things are picking up. The character dynamics are interesting and only getting more so.

The first part of Fear is an excellent mystery plot, a slow burn where even the listener is left in the dark as to what's really happening. We begin to see fundamental relationships shattered, particuarly entering the second half the story. The second half is much more action-focussed and really starts introducing many of the key themes of this series. This is where Cyberman gets good. This series is an exploration of characters and their relationships, and that begins to get interesting in this story. It's still not as good as the rest of the series to come, but it's getting there.

For context, I love this series. In fact, it is probably my favourite Doctor Who fiction, ever. This is actually the third time I'm listening to it. Scorpius is not the most exciting story ever. A lot of set up has to occur in this series, and a lot of that happens here. It's not bad in any way, but it just does not reach the same hights as the rest of the series. If you're reading this review and it's your first time listening to this series, don't let this one relatively mediocre story put you off.

I think that War Stories has quite an interesting and unique idea that's fun to explore. However, I found much of the narration quite forced and unnatural, possibly bordering on cringey. The impression of the Twelfth Doctor was really good, though.

Gridlock is a good story with an interesting and nicely paced plot. The worldbuilding is excellent, and all of the sets and costumes look good. I also really like quite a lot of the music from this episode.

This story has a great premise and does great worldbuilding to present an interesting dystopia. The plot is quite good. However, I feel that the story suffers from a slight overuse of exposition.

I found The Sun to be enjoyable. It has some funny moments and the plot is also quite good. It does have some strange political messaging, though.

This strip has a really interesting idea behind it that I'd happily see explored further. However, I felt that this strip was a little short and rushed (issues that I feel are shared with many DWM strips). The main villain was also annoyingly cringey. The art was good but nothing special.

With the exception of a few moments that I find very cliched and/or cringey, I think that this is a funny and entertaining story with some great use of dramatic irony, something that I tend to enjoy quite a lot.