The Tenth Doctor, traveling alone lands on Mars: the red planet. Its 2059 and the first humans settlers have set up a base and everything seems ok…

One of the things I love about this episode and Doctor who in general, is that you can just put on a story and  as long as you know the basics you can enjoy it. These days most series are continuing dramas: you have to have watched everything single one up until that point to understand what’s going on.

Also this does have a certain feel of those sci fi adventure films: Warlords of Atlantis, Journey to the Centre of the Earth - a group of people exploring the unknown, with dangers and peril along the way.

The base on Mars has only a few people operating it, and one of their objectives is growing food using water from an underground frozen lake. The water however contains something alive.

Its a great setup, but the big focal point of the episode is that the Doctor knows that on this date in history, the crew all die. Adelaide Brooks - the commanders' death inspires her descendants to travel among the stars, and this event is a fixed point in time. It has to happen and the Doctor knows he can’t get involved.

The monster/alien in this is water based and takes over the people, it quite nicely realised, and of course, Earth is full of water. If it gets to Earth the human race will perish.

There are some rewarding moments for the long tern fan; Adelaide recalls seeing a Dalek a - reference to the series 4 finale, just tying things in - quite often these things are forgotten.

There is a part where, in trying to out run the human crew that have been possessed by the water creature, the Doctor modifies a robot to form transportation, echoing a similar scene from The Runaway Bride.

This story comes before the Tenths eventual death and it builds on the tension, since he knows its coming - well we all did at the time. Its the climax of the episode where the Doctor decided to get involved - something he shouldn’t do, it has consequences..

I rewatched this as I’d been going through the Time Lord Victorious series, as this is where the moniker comes from. Its nice that an Ood appears during then end, as the TLV series features Brian the Ood.

A great episode.

A woman called Anke, owns a very small museum, The museum of the impossible. Sometimes she get a phone call - always the same person, but different voices…

This seemed to be a bit tenuous, an after thought to the TLV, but its actually quite a nice story. The ‘Impossible’ things come from alternate realities, relics of things that never were. A Toclafane is one such item. Of course the person calling is the Doctor.

The suspense is nicely done, you do wonder where its going, and what the mystery is.

As far it connects to the Time Lord Victorious series, there are mentions of Mordeela and Adelaide Brook and a fracture. So nothing that really adds anything or impacts on it in any way.

It does help to know about Faction Paradox - I don’t, so the ending wasn’t something that worked that effectively for me, but it was a little creepy.

A nice read.

Its available here

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Told from the Dalek Strategist point of view, and after the deafeat by the Doctor in Mutually Assured Destruction.

Falling through the vortex the Strategist considers the situation. The Emperor was to blame, all efforts in the Dark Times came to nothing.

If I’d of experienced the TLV series in some sort of order this would have been nice bit to read after the audio. However as I’m kind of mopping up the last few bits and pieces with most of the interesting stuff done, the momentum has gone.

There is a good bit at the start of the magazine, The Dalek Executioners, and as with the others, its recaps some of the Dalek events - the Archive of Islos, battling the Hond, Wraxians from the audio etc. It does help if you’ve missed parts.

Its Ok

I’m relying on a YouTube video for this.

Part 1

I can only assume this is set during All Flesh is Grass. The Tenth Doctor and Brian the Ood.

The Doctor wants to do some good, but from Brians point of view its just ghosts the Doctor sees.

Its very brief and skippable

Part 2

On the planet Velosa the people are worried the Kotturuh are coming: the Bringers of Death. However someone is there is save them - the Daleks.

Slightly longer than the first, but still short.

Part 3

The Eighth Doctor and the Daleks. They encounter a ship that’s draining their energy. The ship seems to be a resource of information from a species wiped out by the Kotturuh. The Daleks are only interested in the Huon Particles though.

 I assume that takes pace just after the Eighth and Daleks arrive in the Dark Times.

Part 4

The Ninth Doctor and Ikella are exploring the planet Parvanna - one of the least welcoming planets of the Dark Times, but they are not alone.

I’d say this is set between Monstrous Beauty and the first novel.

Part 5

The Eighth and Ninth Doctors are looking for the Tenth. The barren planet they find themselves on doesn’t have any answers, but it does have a modern looking house.

So set during All Flesh is Grass.

The animated is fairly basic, and the stories are fairly simple.

I was disapointed by this, so far each bit of the TLV I’ve read/seen has contained an element that adds to the overall story, and so earns its place. Having seen it was made up of different parts, with different characters from the story,  I thought it might bridge the gaps and add details. How the Ninth Doctor went from dealing with the vampires to meeting the Eighth and confronting the Tenth at the end of The Knight, The Fool and the Dead for example. But each part is just an interlude, a throw-a-way bit that has no real baring on the rest of the series.

Definitely the weakest TLV entry.

The info bit (‘Dalek Time Commanders’) that precedes the story, mentions the Hond invading Sakro, after the entity was defeated in the Daleks! webcast. Possibly giving an explanation as to why the Daleks had a Hond prisoner in ‘Defender of the Daleks’

The actual story though is set during the novel All Flesh Is Grass, and before the audio Mutually Assured Destruction. As its set on the Dalek saucer.

It begins with torture of an alien, that is kept as a specimen. But the real crux of the story and, mild spoiler, is just the order to destroy Gallifrey.

Some of the information in the magazine is useful and helps to understand the TLV timeline. But otherwise it's pretty redundant.

This is available on the doctorwho.tv website.

Its the Tardis musing over the Doctor and their time together. It mentions taking the Doctor to where he needs to be rather than where he wants to be (It reminds me of Dirk Gently).

Its set just after the Water Of Mars, where the ‘Time Lord Victorious’ moniker comes from. The Tardis can see a Time fracture - the paradox that the Doctor had created.

Having read the Time Lord Victorious novels, I did wonder how and why the Tenth Doctor (and the Ninth for that matter) ended up in the Dark Times, especially as they’re supposed to be locked, so this gives an explanation for it and bridges the gap and mentions a certain Ood.

Its nice enough, fills in some details but isn’t enough on its own to merit seeking out.

As with the Monstrous Beauty comic, I didn’t buy this at the time, so again I’m viewing some rather well done YouTube videos.

The Tenth Doctor wakes up on the TARDIS floor with a bit of amnesia, outside are the Daleks. Not wanting to hang around ,he quickly dematerialises, however when he lands the Daleks are present -its not really his day. What’s worse is that wherever and whenever he lands the Daleks are always there. With the Daleks having no memory of the Time War, there’s a paradox going on…

The story is interesting enough: avoiding the Daleks, giving in and working with them, a monster being introduced etc.  There is some background info on the Dalek Strategist and why its still in its old battered casing. One of the things I can say about the various parts of the TLV series is that certain details are explained. Making each part have a place in the whole.

It was a bit unclear as to why this was a paradox, possibly its part of a another storyline in the comic range that, in not being a reader of them, I’ve missed. The Doctor making everything right with virtually a simple wave of the sonic is a little unsatisfying.

Slight spoiler but the 13 Doctor turns up here briefly, with the Reality War only a couple of weeks ago, where she did the same thing, its almost as if they stole the idea. But as with that, its a nice bonus.

The Hond turn up in this story, these are from the Dark Times. Also the entity from the Daleks! Webcast was a slave of the Hond. The Eaglemoss short story The Restoration Empire, goes into more detail and helps to explain the bigger arc, that the Daleks need the Doctor go go back to the Dark Times. Failing to keep the Tenth Doctor, this ends with them considering an earlier version, that being the Eighth, which leads nicely into the Audios.

A good story.

The Tenth Doctor, along with Brian the Ood, are in the Dark Times battling the Kotturuh, But the Doctor has a question that needs an answer.

Jacob Dudman reads this tale - I’ve been listening to his Eleventh Doctor Big Finish audios and he’s great. His Tenth is good too, - getting his mannerisms. There are also sound effects with helps bring the story to life.

They visit Magnox, a planet of information, so much so even their currency are infos - little bits of information. There the Doctor hope he’ll get an answer, but its the the big guys he’ll need to see - the Minds of Magnox.

Brian on the other hand is at a bit of a loss, so he goes and finds work - he’s an assassin after all. We do learn am bit more about Brian’s past in this - having started with the audios, he kind of appeared with no backstory, so its nice to have it filled in somewhat.

Its a bit of an odd one this, since it happens during the novel All Flesh Is Grass, it doen’t really add much to the overall story. In fact it was something like halfway through, before the Kotturuh were mentioned and became involved in the narrative. I did wonder whether Big Finish would do a series with the Tenth Doctor and Brian in the Dark Times.

Its a nice enough story though, not that complicated, and it does bring in other things - mentions of Islos towards the end- its the Archive of Islos that the Daleks attack in the Daleks! Webcast. There also a nice Coda at the end, which maybe is a little unnecessary but most welcome.

Its enjoyable, but not essential.

This is the fifth part of the animated webcast Daleks! and can be found on YouTube.

The last two Daleks - the Emperor and Strategist arrive back on Skaro, but the Mechanoids are not far behind.

A bit more action orientated episode. Its starts with the Dalek ship crashing into the ground - its a nice shot, but its the kind of shot that’s been seen many times in sci fi. This does have a cinematic feel to it; as does the series as a whole.

Its hardly a spoiler but the Daleks are not quite as depleted as they led the Mechanoids to believe, once again displaying their cold blooded nature. Another deception - but the Daleks seem to have a knack for it.

The entity makes an appearance, albeit briefly. Its not explained who or what the Entity is in the series. But the short story in the Eaglemoss figurine collection - The Restoration Empire, mentions its the Slave of the Hond, the Hond I believe features in the TLV comic Defender of the Daleks.

All in all I enjoyed the series and wouldn’t mind more.

This is the fourth part of the animated webcast Daleks! and can be found on YouTube.

The ruthlessness of the Daleks becomes evident here, as their plans are revealed. They lured the entity to the Mechanoid world in order to force them to find a way of defeating it.

The Daleks seem to be down to their last two members: the Emperor and the Strategist. Again, with the last part its a little talkie, though towards the end you do wonder whether the Emperor is going to make it out alive.

Its is more of the same, since it carries on directly from the last episode. Its the reveal of the Daleks real plan that for me, is highlight of the plot.

I would have liked this series to have been fleshed out more, its nice enough but I have the feeling a more griping story could have been told.

This is the third part of the animated webcast Daleks! and can be found on YouTube.

Having unleashed an entity the Daleks cannot defeat, they go looking for help from one of their greatest enemies: The Mechanoids.

It quite a talky episode. The Mechaniods only featured in one Doctor who story and aren’t the best design for uninteresting foe. But they have endured and I quite like them. Anjali Mohindra plays the voice of the lead Mechonoid best known as Rani from Sarah Janes Adventures.

This series is really based on the TV century comics, I’ve never read them, but seen enough images over the years.

There are some really nice shots and camera movements, but its just a little uneventful.

This is the second part of the animated webcast Daleks! and can be found on YouTube.

The Dalek attack on the Archive of Islos resulted in failure. Not only that, but the Daleks unwittingly released an entity. Fleeing back to Skaro they realise they need more help.

The two main players are the Emperor Dalek and the Dalek Strategist. The Strategist still in an old battered Dalek casing. Its the Strategist who goes to the Fifth Galaxy for reinforcements.

We don’t know much about the Entity yet, other than its time sensitive.

Lots of Daleks fighting - the kind of stuff we’ve seen in the TV series now. Rows of Daleks lined up for battle.

There are moments of comedy in this series, wether its suits I’m not sure.

Its not quite as gripping as the first episode, slightly more of an interlude.

This is the first part of the animated webcast Daleks and can be found on YouTube.

The Daleks have come for the archive, yet the robotic archivians are not prepared to give it up.

The first time I watched this series was when I had listened to the first three Big Finish TLV audios, and was left a little confused. I hoped watching this would help, but at the time it didn’t seem to tie into the story I’d begun. Now I’ve read the novels, some of the other bits and pieces, its making more sense.

In the short story, The Last Message, the Emperor Dalek realises he needs more information about what happened to the Dalek drone (TLV trailer: The Last Message) and how the Doctor was involved, The Archive of Islos was where the data was to be found.

The animation take a more realistic approach rather than a cartoonish one. Its colourful and maybe a little garish. There are some nice shots and it looks quite good.

At 13 minutes, its not going to be an epic but it crams in a story with a bit of a cliffhanger.

It worth a watch. Having the context of the short story (vastly) improves it.

This was in a magazine that came with the Eaglemoss figurine sets. Not something I bought, but have found it online. Though the BF audios and two novels are the core of the story, all the little bits really help to fill out the stlory and bring it together. Its the second of two from this issue.

The Last Message webcast that served as a trailer for the TLV, is the message that the Emperor Daleks picks up in this short story.

Its just the Emperor musing on the message, how far back in time it was sent and its implications.

It leads in to the Daleks! webcast series by mentioning the need information that’s in the Archive Of Islos.

Its a nice story, adds more to the TLV trailer, and bridges the gap to the Daleks! webcast series. But otherwise ads little to the bigger story.

This was in a magazine that came with the Eaglemoss figurine sets. As with most of the TLV stuff, not something I bought at the time, but have found it online. Just to sate my desire to fill in the blanks.

There are two parts to this, 'Dalek Drones' and 'The Restoration of Empire'. The first part is more information than anything, telling about the need for Drones after the Dalek civil wars.

The second part deals with the Emperor Dalek. Assuming command of the race and eliminating rivals. It also introduces the Dalek Strategist - the need foresee events. It recaps the events of the Daleks! webcast, mentions the Hond, the Last Message TLV trailer, etc. It is useful to know that the Slave of the Hond is the Entity in the Daleks! webcast, since its not described as such in any of the episodes.

It is a nice read as it ties in various elements, sets up the Eighth Doctors involvement, and how they used him to achieve their goal - which I hadn’t really considered.

There is a bit of a spoiler for the novel All Flesh Is Grass. But I suppose it depends on what path you’ve taken of the TLV so far.

Worth a read.

I think this was essentially a trailer to promote The Time Lord Victorious series.

A war battered Daleks floats in space and warns us of the Doctor…

That’s it really.

It is nicely done and it looks as if it could be from a TV episode. But at 30 second long (nearly a minute if you include the subscribe to our channel bit) its kind of a blink and you miss it type of thing.

In trying to see where the various elements fit I wasn’t sure where this goes. I gather the Dalek is the one from the escape rooms.

There is more to this brief film than first appears. It kind of feels a bit inconsequential, but when you go through alot of the other elements of the TLV, you actually start to appreicate the bigger picture. I did find it quite rewarding, when I found out how it all impacts on other events.

This starts out as a newspaper reporting on the Kottururh crisis. Mentioning the Doctor and Daleks - so its set it during the TLV novels. River Song picks up the story as editor, and expands on the Kotturuh.

As with the ‘Dawn of the Kotturuh’ short story, this is a bit of scene setting. Its not really telling you anything you won’t find elsewhere. Though there is a bit about the Kotturuh which describes them better than I’ve seen elsewhere, and has a nice illustration.

Its followed by a who’s who of the Dark Times, and mentions various races from the Doctor Who universe and those involved with the TLV series, including Brian the Ood.

I didn’t buy this at the time, and as I just wanted to read the Time Lord Victorious bit, I found it online.

You're not missing much if you’ve not read it, but a nice addition to the series though.

On the unsuspecting planet Birinji, the intelligent lifeforms live their happy lives, until the Kotturuh arrive…

This isn’t a bad place to start with the Time Lord Victorious series. It tells you more about the Kotturuh than possibly any part of the TLV I've enjoyed so far. They existed before this universe and will so after, they judge life, for better or worse.

I do have the feeling what happens here was rehashed and included in one of the novels (All Flesh Is Grass, I think).

It's a nice, but brief tale, does the job and leaves you wondering what will happen next. To be honest you might aswell read it if you're this interested.

This is available online by typing in the passowrd: DARKTIMES

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Its in for a penny in for a pound for me, as I continue in my quest to take in the TLV story (having only planned on listening to the BF audios).

I read the novels, The Knight The Fool and The Dead, and All Flesh Is Grass, in which the Ninth Doctor turned up. It piqued my interest in how he got got involved...

The Ninth Doctor and Rose arrive on a planet, and the Doctor is instantly uneasy. Somehow they’re are in the Dark Times, before the Gallifreyans became Time Lords and there are vampires.

I’m not sure whether I was buying the Doctor Who magazine at the time this comic came out. I couldn’t be bothered to find them in the attic so a YouTube video had to suffice. Its not the best way to view the story as sometimes you miss the artwork by reading the text. But I would give a shout out to the person who made them, as it gave me a chance to enjoy it and they did a good job.

I’m not much of a comic reader - not at all really. So I can’t comment on how it compares to other comics.

It almost plays out as an episode. The Doctor and Rose get separated, Rose is in danger - a rescue. One or two surprises, crafty escapes. Etc

All the tropes of Vampires are here, Rose as the sacrificial girl in white, the four poster bed, bats, blood. There’s mentions of Bow ships. And a woman called Rassilon.

This doesn’t quite lead into the novels, but its enough to tie in with what happens next.

Though I hadn’t planned on reading this, I’m glad I did.

This carries on from the previous novel The Knight, The Fool and The Dead, so if you haven’t read that, there’ll be spoilers for it here.

The Tenth Doctor continues his quest in the Dark Times to end the Kottururh.

I was soo pleased by the end of the last novel: My questions had been answered. Ever since I listened to the Enemy of my Enemy audio, where, at the conclusion, the Eighth Doctor planned to go back to the Dark Times, I was quite looking forward to find out what happened. But somehow, never got there. With the Tenth being the protagonist of The Knight, The Fool and the Dead, I’d wondered how it had taken the Doctor so long to get there (maybe the time war had got in the way). But then just at the end not only did the Eighth turn up but so did the Ninth!

If you’ve read any other of my TLV reviews, you might know that I only planned to listen to the Big Finish audios. They barely touched on the story, which is why I then watched the Daleks! webcast, read these two novels, the BF short trips, and planned to get the Minds of Magnox audio book that follows this. I would definitely recommend doing some research if you plan to delve into the TLV series, I would have slotted things in differently.

This is definitely the other half of The Knight, the Fool and the Dead. Its the continuation of the same story, so you really need that to enjoy this.

Three Doctors! The Tenth, The Eighth and the Ninth. I don’t know much of how the Ninth Doctor got involved, I think there was a DWM comic that explains it (which I might look into (I did!)), but he comes along with the vampires. The Eighth, as I’ve heard the audios, arrives with Daleks. So including the Kotturuh, its three Doctors and three foes.

The different Doctors are written nicely - I can almost hear the different actors speaking the parts.  Though sometimes I did have to check which one was speaking - at the end of the day the Doctor is the Doctor. But even being a fan of Big Finish it was still a joy to have the other Doctors present.

You are quite worried by the Tenth Doctor in his determination to wipe out the Kotturuh (living up the the Time Lord Victorious name). The two previous Doctors have come to stop him, so Doctor against Doctors. Even then, there’s still the issues of Daleks in the Dark Times to deal with.

As with the first novel I enjoyed it - plenty going on. Brian the Ood, as ever is on hand to help. Having listened to Mutually Asssured Destruction its nice to have things fall into place, though as I said, if I’d of thought about it I would have read this prior to it.

At the time of writing, June 25, its available for download for 99p so not a bad price.

The Tenth Doctor travels back to the Dark Times. On a planet he visits the people are offered the chance to buy life shrouds to protect them from death since the Kottururh are coming…

Once again having listened to the TLV audios, and not feeling that I touched on the story, I’ve decided to go further. In the Enemy of My Enemy audio, the Eighth Doctor mentioned going back to the Dark Times and I was a little disappointed that the following audio didn’t take him there. So here its the Tenth that gets there.

Its been a long time since I last read a Doctor who novel. Growing up I had copies of The Mind Robber, the Ambassadors of Death, Fury From the Deep etc. So mentions of QR codes and such came a little unexpectedly.

I can't remember when I heard the Kotturuh mentioned first. As they seem to be the key component of the TLV series, I think I was hoping to find out more about them. However they seem to be more secondary characters. So whether we actually know how they got their powers or if its in another story I can’t say.

We meet Brian the Ood in this, or rather the Doctor does. As he featured in the audio He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not, its nice to have a bit more context as to who he is. I suppose this is a feature of the Timelord Victorious theme, the fact that there are ‘paths’ you can follow, by Doctor, story or other characters. As well as Brian the Ood, there’s Estinee - a girl seemingly impervious the the Kotturuh.

On the whole I found it enjoyable, perhaps not quite what I had thought. The Kotturuh are wiping out the life on worlds and The Doctor has to find a way to stop them. With this being set in the Dark Times, I thought maybe it would be more mysterious, but its not that different than any other time.

There are some nice interludes featuring other Doctors, only brief, but they were most welcome. Also mentions of the Waters of Mars and the choice the Doctor made.

A good ending, capped it off. I'd reccomend it.

On the planet Alexis a Koturruh woman arrives and begins to alter the lifespans of the various native lifeforms. Some one is watching... The Master!

As with Master Thief, Jon Culshaw narrates this story. He does a nice Anthony Ainley Master and I was hoping for more - he gets the Masters chuckle near perfect.

As for the story itself, its a little slow. The Koturruh seem to be the driving point behind the Timelord Victorious storyline. So it serves as bit of backstory/setup (if like me you've not  yet taken in the rest of TLV). The Master seems to be acting for the good of the local intelligent life, the Mungello’s, and knowing the Master you are wondering what his plan is.

This audio didn’t have my full attention, so I don’t think I really understood the point of it. Also having not really experienced the TLV in any specific order, its gets hard to connect the dots. And as I've discovered, after delveing into most of the rest of TLV, its like a jigsaw. It would be worth enjoying the series again in some proper order. As I think you'd (I'd) get much more out of it.

Having listened to the Timelord Victorious Big Finish full cast audios and The Daleks! webcast, I still feel I haven’t really touched on the main storyline; so I decided to explore more.

I’ve not delved into the short trips before, so this is an audio book with Jon Culshaw reading.

The Master finds his way into highly secure vaults to steal its contents, however its not that simple.

Jon’s Roger Delgado impression isn’t as good as his others. At first it was hard to grasp it was the Master, but there were times where he got it quite well and I wanted more.

At 40 ish minutes its hardly the most involved plot, and it did seem that it wasn’t really going anywhere. Descriptive, and knowing it wasn’t a long outing, I felt that maybe it may be a waste of time. However I was surprised to find that it picked up at the end and delivered something quite interesting.

It ties into events of the Timeleord Victorious and is worth a listen.

I think this almost serves as a beginning and end to the Timelord Victorious event. Two episodes, two Doctors.

Part 1

The Eighth Doctor arrives on a spaceship/station, there’s Jasmine who wants to escape, her robot butler and a monster that just wants to kill…

Its a nice enough story. Its half an hour and reminded me of one the free give aways years ago with DWM.  So not that in-depth and as I found with the other audios, how it connects or what it adds to the overall arc of Timeord Victorious I can’t decipher. In fact you can just enjoy this as a audio by itself without any issues.

 Part 2

The Tenth Doctor, a similar situation the ship he finds himself on are going to a planet, its inhabitants wiped out, they’re looking of the thing that caused it.

The previous episode left on a little bit of a cliffhanger. It feels that this could have been a sequel to any Doctor Who story. There’s plenty of episodes where things are left and this picks up the pieces, and shows what happens next, or at least,  sometime later. There are moments where the Doctor feels its familiar, and you do wonder whether he’s going to cotton on to his previous adventure.

The Tenth Doctor channels the Sixth at times, which I enjoyed. There was a reference to the Kotturuh, and it connects to the Eighths Adventure.

There are some acting names in this release, Burn Gorman, Arthur Darvil, Katheryn Drysdale, through I didn’t actually notice it was them. Though I was playing in my my car while driving.

Having listened to all the BF TLV audios, I haven’t really got a sense of the Timelord Victorious storyline. So some elements were a little lost on me (having read the novels etc. it does work better as a whole). But an enjoyable release.

On the Starship Future, 10 thousand people lie in status travelling to their new home, a skeleton crew is keeping things running, and a dead alien has been discovered…

It is a nice start, people being woken up to to relieve or replace staff. An unfortunate event that killed a security officer. There’s a bit of mystery when one of the revived people doesn’t remember the person lying next to him. Not to mention the Dalek that’s been found.

It takes over fifteen minutes for the Doctor to enter the story. I do feel its worth mentioning as sometimes you’re left wondering what’s going on - Love and Monsters springs to mind.

The Dalek that’s been discovered isn’t as dead as is first believed. The fact is that this story is a pretty typical example of lone Dalek needing to rebuild the race using whatever resources available. Its just rehashing bits of other Dalek stories, Revelation of the Daleks, Resolution of the Daleks etc. Its not doing anything new and its a little disappointing.

The other plot strand, is that people have been replaced before the ship left earth, but this is kind of in the background as the Dalek theme takes precedence. It feels that there wasn’t enough space for both plots to be played out. Meaning that neither is as developed as much as they could have been.

I was going to say that this could be just any fourth Doctor adventure, however about three quarters of the way through a Dalek gets chatty and references ‘Timelord Victorious” and the previous audio, Mutually Assured Destruction. It does feel shoehorned in, as if they suddenly realised it needs to tie in in with the arc and better mention it. The Daleks are not known for their small talk, and it comes out of the blue.

Not sure what this does to the TLV arc, I gather it led into the escape room event. But you can enjoy it on its own without needing the rest.

Its an Ok story.