Doctor Who:
Vampire Of The Mind
By Justin Richards
"Damien, Dominion, Dominous... any other D words i oughta know about?"
Vampire of the Mind is an excellent second part within what i am told is a Three Part Multi-Master Event within the Monthly Adventures.
I imagine it Probably has a lot of ties to The Two Masters, and indeed I probably will get around to listening to that once I hit my 7th Doctor run. However as a standalone story it leaves nothing else desired, Macqueen is at his best, Colin is giving a spectacular performance as usual and even Kate Kennedy as Dr. Heather Threadstone shines as a one off companion.
With the right amount of camp and a story that doesn't truly show all its cards till the end, Vampire seeks to do a bit of fanwank while maintaining itself as a solid story. I do feel as though its a shame this story could have been done with pretty much any doctor aside 8, but the pairing of Six and Bald!Master is delightful regardless.
Here be Spoilers
It intrigues me just how many ties there are to the master in this story, its not only a "sequel" to a previous classic era story, but also words are dropped, like the name damien, french for subdue or rule over, and not far from the word dominion. The Dominous (latin for master) institute and even the red herring of Gobernar (not only close to govenor, but actually spanish for, you guessed it, master) Point is The Master isn't subtle and its a lovely lil bit of cheese in an otherwise actiony story.
I initially did feel a bit disappointed when the joke of the doctor being rejected by the dominous institute was basically as obvious as the horizon is blue, but even that got a payoff with the reveal the master did it for kicks.
While the true reveal of whats going on, seems a tad well weird, i mean why the hell couldn't he just battle the doctor via telepathy? Or I dunno extracted the information some other way. IT comes off Almost needlessly convoluted especially given the master really didn't need to go to the trouble he went to to set the whole thing up, it still stands as a solid a master Plot as any.
In Conclusion, Thats a B+ from me Chief.
~ Mjax Majoran
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