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The Keeper of  Light


The War Doctor Begins Battlegrounds 



A disused lighthouse, an older married couple, the Doctor and his companion and an entity.


This wasn’t quite what I had expected, and as so frequently is the case ,I wondered if I’d missed or forgotten where things had ended in the previous set. All becomes clear, but patience is needed.


Its a slow burn, almost glacially and it struggled to hold my attention, as I found my mind wondering. The fact is that virtually nothing happens for the first half. There a light coming on in the lighthouse, yet there’s no lens and not been used for years. The long married couple have got away to try and work on their failing marriage. The Doctor and Layla have turned up to investigate… well I wasn’t entirely sure. 


I do have trouble paying attention when I don’t know why its relevant. Hearing these characters complain about the food they’re cooking and other such trivialities, you do wonder if they’re actually going to get on with the plot. The entity arrives at the half way point. The Keeper and knows the Doctor of old. The second half is better with a couple of mysteries along the way.


There were a number of issues I had when I listened, and was ready to note them down until they were all rendered null by the end. So there is a bit of a twist, and is well played by the writer. However it doesn’t make up for lacklustre nature of the rest of the audio.


Its a nice change from the normal war Doctor audios, but nothing special.

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