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The starship Myriad has been searching for the hero of Pavonis IV, carrying a skeleton crew and a massive gene bank waiting to recreate the population of it's dead homeword. Now the crew believe that they have found their hero and his craft, the vessel called the TARDIS, but what they have actually uncovered is something far, far more dangerous.
The Fourth Doctor was one of the first to touch on the subject of the Doctor's legend, introducing in episodes such as Underworld the themes that would dominate large chunks of nuWho. The Pyralis Effect features the early version, with a specific culture who have revered the Doctor for generations.
Ward and Jess Robinson between them muster up a wide array of voices, with a special nod to Robinson's chilling Pyralis voice.
The script captures much of the series at that time, from the legend to the tendency to have the Doctor and/or Romana know a lot more backstory than the audience. There is also an odd technophobic edge, with the android and the cyborg being most influenced by the Pyralis. If I have a criticism of this story, however, it is that it overplays the Doctor's jelly babies, and if the TV series sometimes did the same, that's not much of an excuse.
Next on the agenda we have Vislor Turlough (Mark Strickson) in Ringpullworld.
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