This episode had too much awesome to be “just another” story. I remember coming across it on the Big Finish website when I was purchasing “City of Spires” from the Big Finish website. I remember pre-ordering this story and waiting with excitement for it to arrive.
Not only is this the first time that the Fifth Doctor meets
the Sontarans, but it’s also the first time the Sontarans have featured in a
Big Finish production. The Sontarans have finally met their match with the
Fifth Doctor, who confuses them with his precise knowledge of Military Law. I
liked it how the Sontarans were still angry about the “Gallifrey incident” from
the Invasion of Time.
I personally think that the Sontarans were underused in
classic Who. The writers at Big Finish apparently agree with me, since they
brought them back in such an epic way.
I think of myself as a very proud Whovian. But even from the
television series, I never knew that Turlough was such a coward! And more
importantly, why has Doctor Who never had another character like him? The
concept is fantastic! We’ve already had the heroic Captain Jack Harkness from
the new series, why can’t we have a new coward?
The revelation that Nyssa is now married, with children was
an unexpected one. Her children are named Adric and Tegan, which was a nice
touch. I think the older Nyssa is much better than the younger version. Mostly
because she is more confident. I have been trying to give Nyssa a chance, since
friends of mine, and fellow whovians (Keith Miles, Shaun Collins, Glenn
Bartlett, hosts from the Traveling the Vortex podcast- on iTunes) are huge fans
of Nyssa and the fifth Doctor. I’m not much of a fan of her younger self, to be
completely honest. But I’m willing to give a few more of her episodes a listen,
to see if she really is the brilliant companion that others see her as.
In conclusion, this story was fantastic. It’s very nearly the perfect
big finish story, in my opinion.
9/10
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