This one is the only one of the trilogy I can say is actually excellent. Maybe I was over hyped but I didn't really like Omega and I thought Davros was really good but lacked something.

In this case both the main plot and the character flashback are intertwined so it is a far more cohesive story. The slow build up and tension is perfect, the setting is eerie and each revelation is wonderfully realised.

The resolution is left open ended, which I normally like, but in this case I would have preferred if they went all in and gave us the Master's choice (I mean they already have contradicted a lot of the character's canon so who cares)

So yeah, the dialogue is excellent, the concept of Death intriguing and McCoy is in top form.

I liked this, although I found it a bit overrated. I'm realising these stories have two plots: the main plot with the Doctor and flashbacks of the main villain to flesh out his character. In this case both work well, but (like in Omega) it is the latter that is the highlight of the story, while the other has nice character work and interesting lore surrounding human colonisation of the universe and of corporations in the future, but is way too long and by the end gets tiresome.

So yeah, Davros' story with Shan and the germination of the Daleks is perfect, along with the betrayal and the furthering of the Kaled and Thal struggle. I wish the whole audio would have revolved around the flashback, or at least Evelyn should have been with the Doctor to make it a bit more interesting (unless her arc is going somewhere else after the last story, I still haven't caught up).

Let's hope the Master's flashback delivers and McCoy and whoever is playing the Master work well.

(Second viewing)

This is still one of (if not the) greatest Base under Siege stories in Doctor Who. The slow build up of tension, the introduction of the characters and their predicament and the amazing atomsphere of the lighthouse make for a great four-part horror story. Plus, this is the first (and only, at least in TV) appearance of the Rutans. The design is really cool, although obviously outdated, and the final confrontation is gripping and ingenious.

Leela and the Doctor are such a charismatic pair, she is quite possibly my favourite companion for Tom Baker's incarnation.

Underwhelming and messy story. The plot twist is shallow, as are the characters, except for Omega. His flashbacks are the highlight of this audio, I wish they had a bigger role in the story but instead they are relegated to the last part.

I love the lore surrounding Gallifrey, the school, the Houses and how the Timelord society came to be, such a shame this story is 2 plus hours long when the only interesting bits are this and the conversation around the fact that the Doctor commited genocide (?) and Omega blamed himself for it.

Hope the Davros and Master are better than this.

Disliked it the first time (even then I gave it a 3/5 for the ambiance and for the best TARDIS team) and now a year or so after I have loved it. Don't even understand why myself really. It is a story with many layers, obscure references and with wildly different interpretations of the messaging and each character's motivations. I always prefer a complex but messy story than a standard but boring one, and Ghost Light is both of the former. This is truly a hate or love story. It is funny that I've gone from one end of the spectrum to the other in a year though...

With this story getting a bump in the rating Season 26 has become my highest rated season in the show, such a shame it got cancelled and we never got to see what Cartmel and Marc Platt had planned, I guess I should keep reading the Virgin Adventures to get a glimpse to what could have been.

Captivating, haunting and an eerie setting that grabs your attention from start to finish. The way this story is told makes the unfolding of the mystery much more interesting.

Plus the final plot twist is as dark as Doctor Who can get in my opinion.

When it comes to the Fifth Doctor Range I'm usually asleep half way through and I have to rewind (except for the excellent Spare Parts) but this story was amazing, hope the quality keeps being this high (probably not but oh well)

A story about pirates in Doctor Who, that is actually good!?! Never thought it would come true (this site has Enlightenment as a pirate story, which is stretching it a bit in my opinion, but in that case we have two great pirate stories)

Yeah Sixie and Evelyn are on a roll, from the masterpiece that is Jubilee to this one. I'm not really into musicals, but everytime they show up in Doctor Who I love them (yes, even There's Always a Twist (At The End), I'm that guy...) So maybe I should reflect on what my true tastes are, anyway I loved almost all songs here, especially "I am the very model of a Gallifreyan buccaneer" (I'm going to add a whole quote to this site if they let me, I don't care, I love it).

I also loved the fact that they are telling this story to Sally in order to avoid her taking her own life at the end of the night, the reveal at the end was amazing (even if I saw it coming, but that is because it was hinted throught the 4 parts). And the story itself is really good too, it kinda drags a bit in the middle, but the final speech of Evelyn about Jem's fate and the evil that is Red Jasper is really moving.

Yeah, great character work and a really impressive pure historical. Amazing!

A fable that warns of the danger of history repeating itself when societies forget the past, promoting the return of fascists governments aided by citizens with rotten morals and with hate in their hearts. It is such a powerful story and even now, 20 plus years since it came out, it is still relevant for our times and the state of the world we live in (you know, with the rise of fascism and ethnic cleansing being committed while the world turns a blind eye or facilitates it)

The 6th Doctor is at his best here and it is Colin Baker's best performance for now at least. Evelyn Smithe is a key player too, as her relationship with the Dalek is the only proof that humankind can be better if we put our minds and souls into making it happen.

It is such a dark and bleak story but ends with an inspirative, although ominous, quote by the Doctor. Assuring that hatred is still in people's hearts, but they can take warning and avert history being repeated once more.

There are many outstanding stories written for Doctor Who, be it in TV, audio, books, comics... And I have given many a perfect score, for differing reasons but mainly for personal enjoyment contrary to what I believe may be objectively good or bad. But there are a few stories which I'd put above the rest simply for the advances it brings to the world of sci-fi and storytelling in general, and for enlightening the spectators in differing fields of knowledge and of reasoning. This story is one of them, and funnily enough Chimes of Midnight and Scherzo would be classified as such too, both by the same author of Jubilee, the great Robert Shearman.

Well I remembered this one being better, I still like it but the main issue is that the plot gets thinner the longer the serial goes on.

The main highlights are the worldbuilding with Britain's post-apolacyptic setting after the Dalek invasion and how the survivors are portrayed. I loved the first two episodes for capturing perfectly this doomed world, plus the first few minutes are amazing with the Roboman jumping into the river with the famous signpost behind him. The deserted streets of London with the Daleks patrolling are etched in my mind at this point too, for how powerful and famous scenes they are. The two ladies turning Barbara and her companion in after getting food from them was as dark as I remembered, especially when the older one justifies the decision by saying that they "would have been captured anyway". Yeah, I can believe they just survived an invasion. (The thing with the two brothers is good but not as impactful for me)

Then the middle episodes are practically filler, with some good bits in between like Dortmun's sacrifice or the shot of the slaves carrying the Daleks and the robomen into the mines. A lot of running around until they finally beat the Daleks, hurrah! The shot of the survivors leaving the mines while fighting the Daleks is pretty good too.

A part from all that, the highlight of the episode is Susan's departure. The Doctor is almost completely absent in this serial, Ian and Barbara are the true heroes here, but he (thankfully) gets the best part of the serial. His speech is so well written, and so wonderfully delivered, that makes this episode go from remarkable with several caveats to outstanding in my mind.

So yeah, I watched this two years ago and I remembered it as being exceptional compared to the other 1st Doctor serials, but my opinion of the episode has gone down a bit as a result of a problem that is practically found in every serial of Classic Who, the stories are made longer for production reasons and not because the scripts are better off (funnily enough the exact reverse problem happens with the most recent seasons haha). Even then, the heart of the story is still excellent and it is still one of my favourite 1st Doctor stories.

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Well I'm sad he is gone, I'm kinda excited for whatever comes next, and this episode was a rollercoaster if there ever was one.

The episode itself was fun, pretty wonkers, but fun. I actually wasn't expecting Ncuti to leave, and now I'm sad, but his final moments were amazingly written and delivered so it is going to be okay.

The thing with Poppy and the different timelines was really cool, and I'm glad that what kills this Doctor isn't a beam from a Dalek, but the choice to save a life. That is The Doctor.

Jodie's cameo was really cool too, as I felt it closed some threads from her era that were left open-ended (or unfinished depending on who you ask)

Then there's Billie Piper, who is just "introduced", there is no role linked to her character yet so I don't think she is playing a mainline Doctor, but time will tell.