The Switching is another freebie given to subscribers and is another story that was previously part of the Short Trips when they were in book form. This time it was from the Zodiac book released in 2002. This was the Libra part of the story written by Simon Guerrier and sees the Master appear in a Short Trip. This is by far shorter than the previous freebie ‘Lepidotery for Beginners’ and the story is a cracker as far as I am concerned because it sees the Master and the Doctor swap bodies. The Doctor finds himself in a prison which can be viewed on by the wardens and the Master finds himself in the Doctor’s lab.
It’s a great little story that doesn’t have a big dramatic build up but is a lot of fun. The idea that the Doctor is trapped inside someone else’s body and there is no way that he can prove who he really is because no one will believe him is something that I find a horrifying thought. On the opposite side of the Doctor’s issues is the Master who finds himself from being pretty much home and dry because he is not in prison and he looks like the Doctor so no questions would be asked. It’s an idea that should really be given more time and could easily have made a full cast audio.
Despite being half the length of Lepidotery for Beginners, I don’t feel short changed by it. Had there been more to it than what there was then I would have felt that it was a bit rushed but on the whole it was just the right amount of story and the duration was just right. Another great freebie that I would quite happily have paid for.
It’s a great little story that doesn’t have a big dramatic build up but is a lot of fun. The idea that the Doctor is trapped inside someone else’s body and there is no way that he can prove who he really is because no one will believe him is something that I find a horrifying thought. On the opposite side of the Doctor’s issues is the Master who finds himself from being pretty much home and dry because he is not in prison and he looks like the Doctor so no questions would be asked. It’s an idea that should really be given more time and could easily have made a full cast audio.
Despite being half the length of Lepidotery for Beginners, I don’t feel short changed by it. Had there been more to it than what there was then I would have felt that it was a bit rushed but on the whole it was just the right amount of story and the duration was just right. Another great freebie that I would quite happily have paid for.
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