Beyond                

Gallifrey Time War 4.3                     

.At the end of the last episode Braxiatel had saved Romana and this is their adventure.

There is hope for Romana, and according to Braxiatel its in a place called ‘The Beyond’ Its a place that, due to the time war, is made up of timelines that have or could’ve been. It's not easy going, there are people trapped in moments of time, alternative timelines, the Ravenous, and each layer has issues of its own.

Its a little odd to have Braxiatel back in the series, he left sometime in series 4. I bought it when it was released in 2011, I’d stopped listening to BF by then, but continued in 2019, so Ive caught up on 9 series so far. But I don’t remember much of the first 3 sets.

This kept me interested, the ultimate goal of Brax is to find the Parallax which he thinks is the solution to the war. But its the journey that’s the core of this audio. Romana faces some of her decisions and they have a number of conversations and debates about their actions and that even in alternative realities its still Romana that made them. 

The ravenous turn up in this story. I only know them from the Eighth Doctor series. I’ve yet to listen to them, but they don’t feature massively and I certainly didn’t feel I’d missed anything by not knowing anything about them.

Things don’t go quite the way you expect, and there are brief appearances of old friends in alternative versions. There’s a nice joke Romana makes when talking about ‘The Beyond’ in how these places are named. I think Stranger Things has ‘ The Upside Down’, Romana lists some including the Inside Out.

With three episodes each dealing with one of the main Gallifrey stars, I assume they’ll be coming together in the last, and it should be good.