Doctor Who:
Destiny Of The Doctor –
Babblesphere
By Jonathan Morris
Performed By Lalla Ward
The Doctor and the second
Romana arrive on the volcanic world of Hephastos which is home to lots of
people who thrive in the world of art. Unfortunately the inhabitants of Hephastos let
their world go to pot and allowed it to get run down and look junky almost like
a dump. The Doctor discovers that they
are enslaved by the babble network which occupies their every moment and every
thought is shared with everyone else on Hephastos no matter how trivial it is
and privacy is deemed a crime. With the
population being killed The Doctor and Romana suspect a higher evil
intelligence is at work and prepare to free the people of Hephastos from its
control.
Babblesphere was a fun
story even if it was all over the place in parts. I have been enjoying the Destiny of the
Doctors series and the Fourth Doctor entry continues that streak of good
stories. Lalla Ward does a fantastic job
returning to the role of Romana and impersonating Tom Baker. It was like stepping back to the late 70’s as
Lalla Ward did not miss a beat and it seemed like she was still in the part of
Romana.
Babblesphere even though
it was a good story it did not really captivate me and is so far my least
favorite of the series. This is unfair
to Babblesphere really since the previous three were just super and if this was
a standalone story not part of an arc it would be really excellent. But judging it against the other three
stories it falls a tad short. I liked
the premise of the story with the whole Babblesphere and what The Doctor
eventual came up with to stop it.
Babblesphere while a fun story and it was nice to hear Lalla Ward again
it just did not live up to the rest of the arc but it was still pretty good and
worth a listen.
Grade B -
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