The Sword Of Orion
In the wake of the events surrounding the crash of the R-101, the Doctor and Charley take in a stray time vortex-dwelling creature, which Charley names “Ramsay.” But when Ramsay falls ill, the Doctor steers the TARDIS toward the Garazone system, where he hopes to find a cure. But the Doctor’s stopover at Garazone launches him into an even more perilous adventure. The scrap ship Vanguard is preparing to depart under the command of a mysterious new captain, and the Doctor and Charley are forced to stow away when the TARDIS is mistakenly loaded into the Vanguard’s cargo bay. Matters are made worse when the Vanguard makes a bee-line for a hulking derelict spacecraft. The Doctor and Charley watch helplessly as the crew try to board the enormous ship, and then one by one begin falling victim to that ship’s population of Cybermen, who have received a signal to reactive. But a danger greater than Cybermen may be lurking among the Vanguard’s crew - a danger which threatens the future of the entire human race.
written by Nicholas Briggs
directed by Nicholas Briggs
music by Nicholas BriggsCast: Paul McGann (The Doctor), India Fisher (Charley), Michelle Livingstone (Deeva), Bruce Montague (Grash), Helen Goldwyn (Chev), Ian Marr (Ike), Hylton Collins (Vol), Toby Longworth (Kelsey)
Timeline: after Storm Warning and before Stones Of Venice
Review: Sword Of Orion has all the hallmarks of classic Doctor Who - a claustrophobic alien environment, a faceless menace picking off protagonists one by one in the dark, and a few so-called protagonists who probably deserve to be offers but are nevertheless characters the audience grows to sympathize with to some extent. And, of course, another prerequisite of this scenario is that nobody trusts the Doctor. (more…)