This eight minute mini-episode sees a return of Paul McGann as The Doctor; the war between the Time Lords and the Daleks is raging and he is attempting to save a woman whose ship is about to crash. When she learns that he is a Time Lord she refuses to leave the ship with him and he refuses to abandon her. The crash is fatal but he is brought back to life by a mysterious group of women; he is told that he has only four minutes left after which he will die if he doesn't drink a potion that will cause him to regenerate
it won't be a normal regeneration though; this time he will get to decide what sort of person he will be!
While this may have been only eight minutes long (including a trailer for the next episode) it managed to be packed with drama; first on the doomed spaceship then on the planet as The Doctor must face the fact that he must give up his role as 'the good man' and get involved in the Time War. Paul McGann did a great job; it is a pity he only featured in one film and a few radio stories before this short episode. As well as being a good little story in its own right it served to introduce John Hurt's Doctor a character that will no doubt appear in the fiftieth anniversary special I can't wait!
While this may have been only eight minutes long (including a trailer for the next episode) it managed to be packed with drama; first on the doomed spaceship then on the planet as The Doctor must face the fact that he must give up his role as 'the good man' and get involved in the Time War. Paul McGann did a great job; it is a pity he only featured in one film and a few radio stories before this short episode. As well as being a good little story in its own right it served to introduce John Hurt's Doctor a character that will no doubt appear in the fiftieth anniversary special I can't wait!