Doctor Who: Human Resources, Part 2

Note: This is part one of a single story released on two separate CDs. As with “Blood of the Daleks”, I am reviewing both parts together here.

A satisfying conclusion to the first season of the 8th Doctor Adventures, as (Nu Who style) the hints dropped across the previous episodes coalesce into their own plot, and we find out what's been going on.

It starts as one of those off-kilter stories where the characters are somewhere that doesn't quite feel right, but, by part two has merged fairly seamlessly into a more standard action story. One effect of this is that the characterisation built on in the first part pays off in the second, and there's more of a feel of ordinary characters pushed into extraordinary circumstances.

Along the way, there's quite a convoluted backplot and fun is occasionally poked at management-speak and office politics. (When one minor character attributes his success to “blue-sky thinking” you know he's a twatt).

While the main story is dealt with, and existing threads wrapped up, we're left with new ones that will presumably be carried forward into the next season. All in all, this is a fitting season finale.