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The Monsters Of Gokroth


Doctor Who The Monthly Adventures 250



The Doctor is on the planet Gokroth and so is an old friend: Mags. There’s a small settlement, plagued by monsters and a mad scientist…


I found it quite difficult to get int the first episode. The Doctor only appears briefly, a couple of time before coming back at the end and Mags - our other entry into the story, as with the Doctor, isn’t the main focus. Instead there’s a village with a curfew, something about a radio transmitter, some scientist woman and her helper in a castle, with none of it really coalescing.


Episode two and three things do get going, but it does end up with various encounters with monsters - and on audio its not great storytelling, and it all become mediocre . Epsiode four taking a more interesting turn as we find out what the deal is, and the motorvations of Dr Maleeva, to this point theres a feel of the Island of DR Moreau/Frankenstien - which the Doctor mentions.


The Doctor says he’s been there for about a month and yet he seems to have done little and learnt nothing about the situation on Gokroth. Mags is/was a welcome return for the character, yet she doesn’t shine. This is set later in the Seventh Doctor’s timeline but he still felt early.


There is some nice details but on the whole its a bit of a let down.

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