2009 TOMS TARDIS AWARD WINNER
The story itself is a very good one with the Doctor trying to find a cure to a disease that Charley has contracted. It was a clever trick to try and prolong the true story about Charley. The Fratalin were well thought off and I liked how despite the fact they were all likely to be killed by the Daleks that they never even entertained the idea of abandoning the station. The Daleks purpose in this story was possibly the best thought of for quite some time. I thought that the Viyrans were fantastic in this story. Their arrival was well handled and deliberately left until as late in the story as possible. When they did arrive they were everything that I had hoped. They stood up to the Daleks and were fearless. Plus there was the added bonus of being indestructible.
The most interesting element of this story was the role of Mila. It appears that this person is someone who has travelled with the Doctor since his first incarnation. She is Patient Zero and goes from goodie to baddie in a second when she steals Charley’s look and pretends to be her with the Doctor. By the end of the story Mila is still pretending to be her and Charley is stuck in nothing.
India Fisher was the star of the show. She gets to play two versions of Charley and seems to revel in both. I personally think that the character of Charley has worked better with the Sixth Doctor than with the Eighth. I don’t know why but it seems this way. Colin Baker is on fine form again and its seems his determination to know the truth about Charley is still strong but he is starting to take a shine to her. Michael Maloney was very good as the Fratalin. His voice was very good for the creature and worked very well opposite the Doctor. Jess Robinson puts in a good performance as Mila and no doubt we will hear more from her in future stories.
Nicholas Briggs has a very good track record as a writer. Previous contributions include The Nowhere Place (2006) and Frozen Time (2007). I don’t think that this is quite on par with those two however it’s a thoroughly enjoyable four part story. I thought that the whole story had a nice pace to it and all the characters worked very well.
Bodes well for the other two stories.
- Best Cover Design (Ian Robertson)
- Best Music/Sound Design (Howard Carter)
The story itself is a very good one with the Doctor trying to find a cure to a disease that Charley has contracted. It was a clever trick to try and prolong the true story about Charley. The Fratalin were well thought off and I liked how despite the fact they were all likely to be killed by the Daleks that they never even entertained the idea of abandoning the station. The Daleks purpose in this story was possibly the best thought of for quite some time. I thought that the Viyrans were fantastic in this story. Their arrival was well handled and deliberately left until as late in the story as possible. When they did arrive they were everything that I had hoped. They stood up to the Daleks and were fearless. Plus there was the added bonus of being indestructible.
The most interesting element of this story was the role of Mila. It appears that this person is someone who has travelled with the Doctor since his first incarnation. She is Patient Zero and goes from goodie to baddie in a second when she steals Charley’s look and pretends to be her with the Doctor. By the end of the story Mila is still pretending to be her and Charley is stuck in nothing.
India Fisher was the star of the show. She gets to play two versions of Charley and seems to revel in both. I personally think that the character of Charley has worked better with the Sixth Doctor than with the Eighth. I don’t know why but it seems this way. Colin Baker is on fine form again and its seems his determination to know the truth about Charley is still strong but he is starting to take a shine to her. Michael Maloney was very good as the Fratalin. His voice was very good for the creature and worked very well opposite the Doctor. Jess Robinson puts in a good performance as Mila and no doubt we will hear more from her in future stories.
Nicholas Briggs has a very good track record as a writer. Previous contributions include The Nowhere Place (2006) and Frozen Time (2007). I don’t think that this is quite on par with those two however it’s a thoroughly enjoyable four part story. I thought that the whole story had a nice pace to it and all the characters worked very well.
Bodes well for the other two stories.
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