8/10
The Diary of River Song 03
This batch of four stories links back to River’s origins, illuminating her character in some fascinating ways. I’m …
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8/10
Classic Doctors, New Monster 2.4 – Day of the Vashta Nerada
Jacqueline Pearce. What more needs saying? And oh, yes, someone’s had the bright idea to genetically modify the …
8/10
Classic Doctors, New Monsters 2.3 – The Carrionite Curse
The Sixth Doctor finds a 1980s town conducting witch trials, and has to intervene before they start burning …
7/10
Classic Doctors, New Monsters 2.2 – Empire of the Racnoss
The Fifth Doctor gets sucked into a bloody war between Time Lords and the Empire of the— wait, …
7/10
Classic Doctors, New Monsters 2.1 – Night of the Vashta Nerada
The Fourth Doctor drops in on Fun World before opening day for a deadly game of Dodgem. This …
8.0/10
TDA 1.2 – The Havoc of Empires
This story is so authentically Third Doctor that I didn’t notice until a re-listen that the characters are all in …
7/10
TDA 1.1 – Prisoners of the Lake
An absolutely traditional Third Doctor story establishes Tim Treloar’s recasting as Three. It’s not particularly remarkable, apart from …
8/10
Classic Doctors, New Monsters 1.4 – The Sontaran Ordeal
I don’t understand why these Sontarans count as new monsters, but this is an excellent Eighth Doctor story, overshadowed …
6/10
Classic Doctors, New Monsters 1.3 – Harvest of the Sycorax
Sycorax strong, Sycorax mighty, Sycorax tedious. This heavy-handed satire on our over-medicated culture runs smack dab into one-dimensional villains. …
9/10
Classic Doctors, New Monsters 1.2 – Judoon in Chains
Who would’ve thought a monster could be so charming, lovable, thoughtful and eloquent— no, not the Sixth Doctor, …