The beginning with Kro’ka was interesting. Everything afterward was disappointing or unpleasant.

A ghost story set during Christmas from the perspective of a one-off kid companion. The Twelfth Doctor is well realized and the short story moves along quick.

Darkel is starting to really annoy me. It was fun having her around for a bit, but she’s overstayed her welcome and it’s time for her to be written out.

This did not live up to the hype. By this point, twists and turns are expected and therefore less impactful or can be guessed ahead of time. Darkel setting up her own assassination attempt was so obvious; it was a chore listening to all the characters catch up. After that, having Braxiatel come back was a welcome addition, but it would not make sense to have him return if he was in any real danger. And they delayed Romana’s pardon for “suspense” when it was obvious she would get pardoned along with Darkel. Still, it was nice that through him, Darkel could inadvertently kill herself off. So, after all this, it was no surprise that Braxiatel chose Matthias instead of Romana. Of course he would not choose her. Romana and Leela have been sidelined in their own audio series. At least we have Narvin.

I was fun to have Nyssa and Ian around. The other companions I am not too attached to.

Robo Rampage was nice and brief, tying back to TV: Robot. But other than that, not much substance.

I had to look up who the Boneless were, as I could not remember. This is a fun if somewhat experimental idea. I have only dabbled in comics a bit so the Doctor’s impassioned speech at the end did not move me.

I thought this was fine. It was a quick read, but I don’t particularly like Rose. I would have appreciated a more concrete explanation around the Witiku rather than just the environmental symbolism and message.

I really enjoyed The School of Death. I felt it captured the Twelfth Docter and Clara’s dynamic and personalities well. The Sea Devils were fun to have again, and I enjoyed the reference back to TV: The Sea Devils, with the Doctor’s interaction with them as the Third Doctor.

Other elements that were fun were having the Doctor surprise Clara in the bath, the one-off “companion” of Sonny, the art of the prehistoric area of the Sea Devils in the caverns, Clara and the students getting to use telekinesis, and the inclusion of UNIT with Kate Stewart and the Osgoods.

Decent. More meaningful if you know where it falls in the Doctor's timeline.