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The Eleventh Doctor Adventures 4.3                


On a planet caught up in a war, Valerie finds herself alone. Each day she visits Mr Foreman - a somewhat forgetful man, living in a junk yard, with a blue box called Barbara. Will the Doctor ever come back?

This is really quite an enjoyable episode. Its told from Valeries point of view, and takes a bit of time to understand what’s going on. Each day Valeries visits the Doctor aka Mr Foreman, who seems to have forgotten who he is. Though each time he takes on a version of one off his personas, so its nice to hear him go though the various Doctors. 

It's not a good situation for Valerie, being a cyborg, she pays the Doctor with a part of her body. Telling tales of the Doctor hoping he’ll remember. Then using what money she has to buy food. As time passes her quality of life reduces, until she herself, starts to lose her mind. 

The planet not directly involved in the war but suffering from its effects, means that life there is hard, and everyone is looking for a way out. So its a desperate situation. You do feel for Valerie as it appears that the Doctor, or at least his mind, has gone and never coming back. Continually giving away important parts of her body, and living on a doomed world, its all about as hopeless as it can get.

It's not that often I get an audio that I’m eager to come back to and this was one. 

Really good, very much recommended listening.

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