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The War Master: Only The Good 1.1                          

So this was a freebie, part one of the set, that I got over five years ago. As with other ranges, it does sometimes mean having to wait till they go on sale - as some of the War Master series did. It is a later set so it felt like a good time to listen to this - I just hope that set I bought won’t involve me needing to have heard the inbetweening ones…

Derek Jackobi reprises his War Master role seen in the Utopia Tv episode. I am a fan of the I, Claudius series, so a bonus for me. And its more of a Master we didn’t see much of.

The Viscoid is a dense ocean that covers the planet the Master is on. The Daleks want something sunk, usually wouldn’t bother retrieving anything, so whatever it is that down there is important. The natives want to use an alien device to destroy the Dalek ship - the device being the Masters Tardis.

Its not a bad setup, the right amount of Sc-fi, the waterworld environment I enjoyed. Not to mention the Daleks.

The Master introduces himself as ‘The Doctor’ I’m not convinced it was necessary I’m sure its been done before. Maybe it was to tie it into the Doctor Who universe but let's face it when he does reveal himself they're not much the wiser.

As you’d expect the Master is working for, and double crossing, both the Gardezzans and Daleks - true Master style. Also using the old hypnotising routine is a nice touch.

However I wasn’t that impressed overall. It wasn’t until the end where things did take a turn and it got interesting, otherwise a standard affair.

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