The story sees Ian back in his own time being accused of
being a traitor and having to tell an adventure that he, Barbara, the Doctor
and Vicki had when they visited the city of Hisk. I like how in the early
moments there is a nice little bit of nostalgia and that’s a brief moment
before the story moves to Hisk.
The story starts off quite well with a nice atmosphere created
by what Ian Potter had written and the music and sound effects used to create
this world. William Russell’s wonderful delivery also helped to create a
feeling quite early on that this was going to be a fun story. The problem
however is that despite the best efforts of everyone involved, the plot isn’t the
greatest that it could have been.
I do wish that John Bank would have been given more to do as
Gerrard. The character had a scepticism and sinister feel to him that would
have been better had he been given more than just an interviewer. The scenes
where Gerrard and Ian Chesterton were talking together were fun and was the
only real time that there was any spark to the story. The rest of the time it
just felt like things were moving along at a rather normal pace which isn’t necessarily
a bad thing.
There are things that I quite liked about this story but unfortunately
for some reason it didn’t click as I would have expected. It’s the last time that
William Russell will be involved in the Companion Chronicles range before it
finishes in June. Since he first appeared in the range in 2009, I have always
found William Russell to be fantastic even when the story hasn’t been on par
with his performances. 
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