The Zygon Who Fell to Earth [AUDIO/2008.6.?]

★★★☆☆

  Yet again, Paul Magrs delivers a simultaneously satisfying and gut-wrenching Doctor Who story filled with all the fun silliness and romantic undertones you'd expect from the man by now. It seems Paul McGann's gotten accustomed to the level of quality that entails a Magrs script, because like in previous entries such as The Stones of Venice and Horror of Glam Rock, he's just that bit more compassionate, silky and poetic. I mean, he literally recites a poem at the end of the story to act as the cherry on top of this sad, lovelorn tale. Lucie Miller, bless her, sadly has little to do in the grand scheme of the adventure, but I suppose it was necessary to make way for the big dramatic seed that'll grow into one of the most dramatic moments in the Big Finish Eighth Doctor Adventures... but that's going forward quite a bit, for now.

  If you've ever doubted the notion that a Zygon love story would work, think again. We'd go on to see a more sympathetic, three-dimensional side to these shapeshifting aliens in the new series (The Zygon Invasion / The Zygon Inversion), sure, but The Zygon Who Fell to Earth is an earlier example that touches on the more personal side of what it means to be a Zygon, and what it means to let go of the blood-stained past and start anew with the love of your life. Steven Pacey puts in a brilliant performance as Trevor, and he proves to be more than up for the task of being the dramatic heart which breathes life into this adventure.

*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ  

  With Auntie Pat gone and Lucie none the wiser about the truth of what happened to her, will everything be alright for the new Pat/Trevor and the complicit Doctor? We'll just have to find out in one of the EDAs' masterpieces, Death in Blackpool...