Brave New Town (2008)

2008 TOMS TARDIS AWARD WINNER

• Best Eighth Doctor Adventure

This was a bizarre story from Jonathan Clements who had previous written the 2007 story Immortal Beloved. The story is set in what it made to look like a traditional English village with inhabitants who are living the same day over and over again. Its soon obvious that al is not what it seems. It turns out that The Doctor and Lucie have infact materialised in Uzbekistan. It Is then revealed that the inhabitants are infact Autons who aren’t the sort of Autons we all know but Autons who seem to want to be more like humans. By the end of the adventure the Autons are treated like Asylum Seekers.

This story isn’t as good as Dead London and Max Warp because it seems to lack any tension or actual drama. Whereas Clements previous attempt had a bit of drama in it this one seemed to not have any pace to it. There just wasn’t any tension which was a shame because a story which features the Autons for the first time ever should have had been a bigger and better story. The actors in this story were as good as they could be considering the quality of the script. Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith were Its was revealed in the Extras section at the end of the story that Jonathan Clements isn’t a Doctor Who fan which is why it feels a bit distant.

This story isn’t a good as the previous stories from the series and is a let down from the good Immortal Beloved.