A very nice short and sinister Christmas story - almost a traditional ghost story

I have no idea who Mr Colchester is, but I’ve enjoyed these occasional cards.

A remix of other ideas - Doctor spending a year on his own (like in the Power of Three), doors to different worlds (like in Flux), an unexplained paradox (like Beneath The Lake)

It looks gorgeous but it feels like reheated leftovers (which is appropriate as I watched it on Boxing Day)

There’s a magnificent amount of vocal talent on show here - I tried to list the outstanding cast and realised I’d named all of the main actors.

The ending doesn’t quite work which is a shame - as splitting the Masters into pairs is very clever but it doesn’t make a whole let of sense when they are all brought back together.

However, I could happily listen to a further three hours of these characters just bickering.

I had to check three times that I didn’t have the chapters on shuffle as I can’t make head nor tail of this story jumping randomly between a garden party and an attack on a spaceship.

someone with more patience than me may find the pay off worth it.

The production of this episode is great and the voice cast do a very good job.

But the payoff if terrible, there’s a subplot that goes nowhere and a twist at the end only makes sense if you are listening to all of the stories in order.

Really disappointed.

A slightly underwhelming story (the ending is very obvious) is lifted substantially by the quality of the vocal performance.