This is a pretty solid story. The audio format is well utilised, the side cast are all great actors, and the concept of a sound museum is an intriguing one (that tickles me in particular as an enjoyer of both sound and archiving).

Unfortunately, I didn't find the story itself all that interesting on its own. I was a little confused about exactly how many people there were and who died when. I found the twist at the end extremely predictable. The entire thing dragged just a bit too much.

Maybe I would feel differently had I listened to them in the original order, but...Scherzo did it better.

This is an objectively good book. It's one of the only pieces of Doctor Who media I'd happily recommend to pretty much anyone, without feeling the need for caveats. It's got fantastic characters, an interesting plot with great twists, political statements that are still relevant today, and kittens!

Unfortunately, I can't really think of anything to say about it. I don't know if it's just that I read it too fast without digesting it properly, or if it's that sometimes, really well-made stories just don't have as much impact as ones that fumble a bit more. I should be the target audiences for this, and yet...I'm not sure I'll still be thinking about this book in a year's time. Or maybe I just need to sleep on it, and tomorrow morning I'll be gushing about how amazing this book is. Who knows! Either way, it's great and I recommend it.

This is a very sweet little story. Both the concept and execution are quite simple, but it works really well. The narration is fantastic, as can be expected from Lisa Bowerman. She breathes life into Nora and really elevates her character.

On my first watch of this episode I liked it better than Legend. It still wasn't very good, nor did it fix my issues with that one, but it was better. On rewatch, all I can say is...it's naff.

We were off to a strong start with UNIT getting dusted; killing off a reoccurring character isn't easy but it is impactful. Unfortunately, then the rest of the world got dusted, and I knew we were going to get a reset that would bring everyone back. It completely removed the stakes that had previously been so high.

It felt like basically nothing happened in this episode; this entire finale could have been condensed down to one episode and given us an extra episode to fill out this terribly short season. Instead we spend an awful lot of time looking at empty space. It's very atmospheric, and I'm all for slow stories that are entirely based on vibes (I loved 73 Yards), but it's completely the wrong choice for a finale.

The time on the dead planet was probably the most emotionally impactful and moving for me of anything this season, but that says more about the quality of this era than anything. On rewatch I found it boring and unnecessary, filler to pad out the runtime, and I get why people don't like it now.

It was nice seeing all the little screenshots and references to Classic Who. A moment from the TV Movie, Mel finding Six and Seven's outfits, all those planets.... Except Calufur was destroyed in Classic, and this episode acts as if this never happened (and the Doctor pronounced the name wrong). Same with Mel and the Doctor meeting Einstein; he was asleep in a chamber for that entire serial and they basically don't interact with him at all. It feels like references for references' sake, with no care for the source material. It's the same way I feel about the return of Sutekh - he has nothing in common with his original incarnation.

Ah, Sutekh. Where do I even start. The other members of the pantheon from this new era of Doctor Who were generally fun and bombastic, but Sutekh just sits there as a big CGI dog. The Egyptian motifs are brushed off for a cultural appropriation joke, completely missing the point of the original, and Sutekh himself is reduced to a generic God of Death rather than a powerful alien, his culture and people completely erased. The Doctor calls him his greatest foe, but it's just not true in any way. The Doctor fought him once, centuries ago, had very little trouble defeating him, and didn't even die in the process. What would the Master, Davros, the Daleks or the Cybermen say about that? It's not even a good line for the new fans in the audience, because it just makes them wonder what they're missing out on.

Then there's the way he's defeated. The whistle has an explanation in a deleted scene, where the Doctor programs it after the fact and sends it to his past self in the memory TARDIS. When I first saw that I wished they had left it in, because it explains an issue I had with that part, except the memory TARDIS and the real TARDIS aren't connected so I'm not sure how the transfer would work, and that just gives me other things to complain about.

Either way, leashing Sutekh to the TARDIS and dragging him through the time vortex, while a fun visual, is plain idiotic. It doesn't make any sense. The Doctor lamenting about killing him also feels out of character considering how often he kills people by sending them into dimensions where they couldn't possibly survive; hell, he did it just this season with Rogue.

The 73 Yards references were unnecessary. They didn't explain anything for the people who complained about how unexplained that episode was, but they made the whole thing feel cheap for people who liked it. Why is this man who was previously all about nukes suddenly interested in testing the DNA of every UK citizen? It's a deus ex machina.

And now we get to my biggest issue with this entire season: Ruby's biological mother. Looking past the fact that they reverted to simply calling her Ruby's mum, despite her not actually raising her and how it belittles Carla as Ruby's adoptive mother, it just doesn't make sense. They spent the entire season building her up as something impossible, and then she's just an ordinary woman.

I want to start by saying that I wanted Ruby to be a regular human with ordinary, human parents, because adopted kids don't get enough stories like that, but the further into the season we got the less possible I thought that was. Nothing makes sense if Ruby's parents are normal humans. What's with the snow? What's with the carol? Why could no one, not even a god, see her face? Why would a 15 year old wear a robe to hide her identity when no one else is around anyway? Why would she point at the sign to "name her daughter" if no one is around to see? And why is everyone just accepting this explanation as if it makes sense???

I have mixed and complicated opinions on Ruby's meeting with her bio mum. It puts her mother in a very difficult position to do it in public, especially if she didn't want to see Ruby, which is what one might assume seeing as she never reached out. Obviously this wouldn't happen in this story, but it still gives me second hand embarrassment (and I feel bad for the barista who called out Ruby's name and then she used it to start a conversation and make a scene rather than pick up her drink). The reunion was mostly nice, and while the ending did drag on a little I'm not super mad about it as a companion send-off. Now, supposedly she's coming back next season, which might make me view this ending in a different light. I didn't really bond with Ruby over this short season, and I'm not particularly sad to see her go.

I was really disappointed with this entire season. I wanted to like it, I really did, but it was too uneven for how short it was, and too many of the stories were just bad. This finale really exemplifies all the issues I had with this season. I can only hope the next one is better.

After first watching this episode when it came out, I made a bunch of notes and said I'd write a final review after the second part, instead of letting my initial trepidation drag down my opinion. Once Empire of Death came out, I just... didn't. My opinion of Legend was dragged down even more by the letdown of the final episode. Now, after a rewatch, I feel it's finally time to write this review.

Starting with: why'd it take so long for them to think of going to UNIT with this, with how friendly the Doctor seems to be with them now? Arriving at UNIT drives us right into the action, and I personally find it a bit of a jarring start to the episode.

On top of that, I don't like this new UNIT. Rose is 15 years old, she should not be working, let alone for a military organization. I can't believe Kate would hire her. I can't believe Donna would let her. It's made all the worse by the fact she doesn't actually have a reason to be there; she spends the entire episode standing around, being part of the background and being told she's pretty. If she was at least vital to the episode I might have been able to ignore it, but as is it's a terrible choice.

Then there's Moris, a 13 year old (though the actor looks even younger to me), yet another child who should definitely not be exposed to this. I don't care how intelligent he is, he should not be at work, let alone somewhere that could get him killed. UNIT is going through scientific advisors faster than the Doctor goes through faces. It doesn't help that Moris also uses a mobility aid (though why a segway is beyond me) with weapons in it.

Speaking of characters that have no reason to be in this episode: Carla. She, like Rose, follows Ruby around for a bit, makes a few comments, and has absolutely no impact on the plot of the story whatsoever. It didn't escape my notice that they're both Black women.

Okay, enough about characters, what about the story? Well...I didn't like it. It would have benefited greatly from picking just one mystery to focus on, rather than trying to tackle both Ruby's mother and Susan Triad at the same time. It jumped between both so it didn't really feel like we were getting anywhere. The two parts feel completely detached from one another.

This isn't to say there's nothing to enjoy about this episode. I do think the Time Window is an interesting idea (though the effects are pretty obviously green-screened - one of the unfortunate side effects of how high quality video is nowadays), and the atmosphere in that scene is good, even if the crying was definitely getting on my nerves at that point.

I also enjoyed the quiet moment in the beginning with Kate and the Doctor reminiscing about the Brigadier. I liked everyone being like "Duh" about the anagram (though in retrospect it feels a little mean-spirited, especially with the anagram twist. Sorry, I just can't seem to be fully positive about this episode). I like the design of Sutekh and his harbingers.

Unfortunately, I don't like Sutekh. I didn't care for him in Pyramids of Mars, and I downright hate him in this. I thought Empire of Death might do something interesting and make bringing back this old villain worthwhile, but it didn't. There is absolutely no reason for the god of death to be Sutekh (and don't even get me started on the other members of this pantheon). It seems to have worked well for first-time viewers, who weren't familiar with the character, but it's just not in keeping with his original depiction. I saw some people predict his return, but it's one of the names that always get thrown around, along with the Rani, the Master, River Song, and plenty of others.

The ending dragged on too long for what tension it had. We weren't given the opportunity to guess Harriet was a harbinger on our own (I initially thought I missed them saying her last name over the excitement of going "Like Harriet Jones???", but no, they just didn't say it), and the Doctor getting that despite never hearing of the harbinger from The Devil's Chord was a bit of a miss. I liked Harriet crying as she was possessed, and some of the lines she said were pretty cool, but man does it drag.

All in all, no matter how much I try, I just have too many issues with this episode to properly enjoy it.

This is a rare story where I believe I can sort of recount the plot, without actually having any idea what the story was about. It made for a pretty confusing and yet incredibly dull listening experience.

The first part is probably my favourite, not in the least because Seven is my favourite of the three Doctors participating in this story. Maybe part of it is also not know what's going to happen next; after hearing Five in part 2 it became obvious that each Doctor would get his own part and then they'd all come together in part 4. It's an interesting concept, and on its own I don't have any trouble with it. I actually think it wasn't done horribly in this audio. However, it did mean that none of the part had enough time to he properly fleshed out. The first one felt the most in-depth, and in fact parts 2-3 felt considerably shorter than parts 1 and 4, but I'm pretty sure they were all about the same length.

I have to admit, I didn't realise the three girls were all acted by the same woman. I often have trouble telling apart new voices, especially when I don't hear them close together, so I naturally assumed that they were three different girls played by three different actresses. There were enough hints dropped for me to realise they were one and the same before the big reveal, but it did ruin my enjoyment of it somewhat.

It wasn't all bad, though. Some of the Doctor banter in part 4 was quite fun, and I really like the soundtrack. I already love Vansell, and I'm looking forward to hearing him again in the future. It's just the story itself that I didn't enjoy.

I really liked the first page; the art was lovely and the jokes were funny. It was all downhill from there. I don't think I really understood what was going on most of the time. I'm not sure what the point of this story was.

A bit too short to have a substantial plot, but pretty good nonetheless. The writer really managed to capture the characters' voices, even if the artist seems to have had some trouble with their faces. It's an interesting concept, but there just isn't enough substance to properly capitalise on it.

Unfortunately, this final episode suffers from all the issues of the previous ones. It's slow and boring and the story isn't much. I kept expecting it to end, and it kept going. The ending did make me quite emotional, however; I like Olive, and this series didn't change that.

It's a shame that the whole vibe of this series was somewhat ruined by the problem of this story being solved by actual literal "ball of positivity" magic, rather than the more based in reality kind.

The ending (despite how *long* it was) did make me quite emotional; I like Olive, and this series didn't change that. I like the idea that Poppy disappeared so that there could still be someone to continue the bloodline. It almost feels like they're building up for an actually good show with a much younger lead, but I doubt that's the case.

I was a little distracted watching my cats go to town on the crust of a block of parmesan I finished grating for dinner, so I'm not actually sure what happened in this episode, but it couldn't have been very interesting. The little I did catch was as dull and repetitive as the worst of this show, and ghosts are already a somewhat lackluster monster in my opinion. It takes a lot to make them interesting, and this show clearly doesn't like putting in the effort.