I must admit that I was quite intrigued when I heard the title of this story. After a disappointing ‘A Death in the Family’ I had high hopes that this story would end the Seventh Doctor series of adventures in 2010 in a positive way. Written by Marty Ross (writer of Nights Black Agents). The story has influences of HP Lovecraft which I wasn’t aware of. Amazingly I had never heard of Lovecraft but since looked him up on Wikipedia and found out who he was.
The Doctor, Ace & Hex arrive and its not long before all hell breaks loose. It’s also not long before they are all separated. Hex spends most of his time with Professor August Corbin (Alex Lowe) who sounds at time like he is about to have a mental breakdown. Hex also has to spend time with Emerson Whytecrag (Stuart Mulligan). Whytecrag is some weird character who wants to access a cave. Then the Doctor is with Dr Freya Gabriel (Kate Terrance). The story spends a portion of the story portraying CP as someone who is quite dangerous and its not long before the truth about him is unveiled. What the story then spends the latter half doing is giving CP some emotional depth and at the end were sad at what has happened to him. He was neither human nor alien and just wanted to be something. It’s interesting how Ace and Hex have been through the mill in the previous two stories and that continues in this one. The bond that Ace and CP build up is one of the highlights of the story. In fact I would go so far as to say that CP is one of the best things in this story. Michael Brandon gives a superb performance from start to finish. Sylvester McCoy also puts in a great performance and whilst it might not have been as emotional as Ace’s it was still a solid outing.
The main thing about this story was how did this little island that wasn’t off the coast of Alasks four years, three months and six days ago get there. I’m the sort of fan that is more concerned with this little thing than anything else in the story. Thankfully this puzzle was answered and in a plausible way. Basically it was on the surface before until it sank before rising back up. There were two aliens encased on this island with a third being sent to Earth (CP). Mystery runs through this story like a stick of Blackpool rock. Marty Ross has written a story that has enough positive elements to keep me entertained throughout. I liked it far more than ‘A Death in the Family’ because I was able to follow it and found that it was a far more straightforward adventure. That said its still not on par with Project Destiny which I would say is the best of the series.
The Doctor, Ace & Hex arrive and its not long before all hell breaks loose. It’s also not long before they are all separated. Hex spends most of his time with Professor August Corbin (Alex Lowe) who sounds at time like he is about to have a mental breakdown. Hex also has to spend time with Emerson Whytecrag (Stuart Mulligan). Whytecrag is some weird character who wants to access a cave. Then the Doctor is with Dr Freya Gabriel (Kate Terrance). The story spends a portion of the story portraying CP as someone who is quite dangerous and its not long before the truth about him is unveiled. What the story then spends the latter half doing is giving CP some emotional depth and at the end were sad at what has happened to him. He was neither human nor alien and just wanted to be something. It’s interesting how Ace and Hex have been through the mill in the previous two stories and that continues in this one. The bond that Ace and CP build up is one of the highlights of the story. In fact I would go so far as to say that CP is one of the best things in this story. Michael Brandon gives a superb performance from start to finish. Sylvester McCoy also puts in a great performance and whilst it might not have been as emotional as Ace’s it was still a solid outing.
The main thing about this story was how did this little island that wasn’t off the coast of Alasks four years, three months and six days ago get there. I’m the sort of fan that is more concerned with this little thing than anything else in the story. Thankfully this puzzle was answered and in a plausible way. Basically it was on the surface before until it sank before rising back up. There were two aliens encased on this island with a third being sent to Earth (CP). Mystery runs through this story like a stick of Blackpool rock. Marty Ross has written a story that has enough positive elements to keep me entertained throughout. I liked it far more than ‘A Death in the Family’ because I was able to follow it and found that it was a far more straightforward adventure. That said its still not on par with Project Destiny which I would say is the best of the series.
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