Epic story for the Doctor. A little hard to follow, sometimes the scenes switch back and forth on each line of dialog and you need to recognize the voice and/or the background sound effects to track where it's happening. There's also a lot happening, with several Timelords involved and simultaneous scenes on 3-4 different planets. Wonderful voice acting from a number of talented stars, with actors from the show reprising their roles and John Sessions, Stephen Fry, etc. providing other voices. Short but enjoyable, worth another listen (maybe while taking notes) to follow everything that's happening. ( )

How would a fan of the Sylvester McCoy Doctor react to Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time? I wasn't one, so I wouldn't know. When I checked out Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes: Collection 1: 1964-1965, I didn't start caring about the regular characters until the third story. This is only one story, although it splits up the Doctor and Ace for separate subplots. I didn't care about either character. I felt sorry for Antimony, the Doctor's naive male companion.

General Tannis, the main villain, is a power-hungry fool, but he's got some well-crafted evil schemes going. Can the Minister of Chance, a Time Lord friend of the Doctor, stop the scheme he's supposed to deal with while the Doctor deals with a threat to time itself?

Three of the characters appear on the cover: the Doctor is to the left, the Minister of Chance is below, right, and the larger head shot in the upper right is probably General Tannis.

There are deaths among good guys and bad guys. The killers in London was a good subplot. I felt sorry for the poor police officer who got swept up in the Doctor's wake.

The Brigadier heads my favorite moment in this adventure. Ace's subplot neither thrilled nor angered me, although the old man she meets, Casmus, wasn't bad. (Then again, he wasn't trying to teach me.) I rather liked the Minister of Chance's role up until his last scene.

Do be sure to listen to the interviews at the end. Even though they were conducted before new DW episodes were made for TV, they're worth it. I particularly enjoyed the interview with a Dalek. I can't compare this CD version to the original webcast because I haven't seen the latter. ( )