The Eighth Doctor Adventures Series 2 Episode 5 - Grand Theft Cosmos

After last month’s disappointing effort we are almost back on track in this Eighth Doctor Adventures series.

The Doctor and Lucie are in 19th century Sweden where they ‘bump into’ The Headhunter and Karen, last heard in last year’s finale ‘Human Resources’. Unfortunately, The Headhunter and Karen are there to steal a rare diamond but so are The Doctor and Lucie, but why?

Top marks to the sound department for setting the scenes perfectly. I could just image The Doctor running up and down the corridors of a palace and Lucie in a fluffy dress (hmmmm)! Sheridan Smith is getting better and better with each story and Lucie is becoming one of my favourite companions. I think using The Headhunter and Karen as recurring ‘rouges’ is a great idea and hopefully we will get to see more of them.

I didn’t really buy the plotline around the diamond, it seemed too much thought had been put into it and it didn’t really work for me. Although I did enjoy Christopher Benjamin (‘The Talons of Wen-Chiang’ and ‘The Unicorn and the Wasp’) performance as ‘Tardelli’. Colin Spaull (‘Revelation of the Daleks’ and ‘Rise of the Cybermen’/’Age of Steel’) also guest starred.

Overall it’s a decent listen packed with a few good one-liners, certainly lighter than last month’s ‘Skull of Sobek’!

3.5/5

Next Time: The Doctor and Lucie bump into the Zygons in ‘The Zygon Who Fell To Earth’. Let’s hope that crap Loch Ness Monster doesn’t turn up, thus wrecking a decent story!