Glorious Goodwood

"Daleks will be obeyed. Daleks will be obeyed!"

Writer: Unknown

Format: Audio

Released: 5th September 2005

Series: Doctor Who at the BBC vol.3

Featuring: Third Doctor, Sarah

Synopsis 

Upon the Brigadier's orders, the Doctor is having an aspect of his metabolism checked, leaving Sarah alone to ride the Whomobile in Goodwood, but soon faces a unique alliance of the Daleks and Aggedor...

Verdict

Glorious Goodwood was something different. An intriguing audio I must admit, not a great story by any stretch of the imagination, but I was interested from start to finish. At just ten minutes long, there's only so much you can do and it's rare you'll get a great story. The phone call between the Doctor and Sarah to kick off the audio was nice and I liked how good of a relationship this TARDIS pairing shared. They were definitely close to each other which was pleasant to know. The fact that Sarah was giving the critical Whomobile a ride around Goodwood was a bit weird to base a story around but I guess the audio was intended for some fun back in the 1970s, even if it wasn't broadcast. To be honest, I don't know the reason why this audio didn't go out on BBC Radio in 1974 but if the decision was based on quality then I can understand the reasoning. It wasn't great. The recordings sounded like they were done over the phone, the Daleks didn't sound as ruthless as their recent appearances on television encountering the Third Doctor and there was absolutely no reasoning given as to how the Daleks and Aggedor had formed the most unique of alliances. Just how did those two vicious enemies join forces for an Earth invasion? The references to Death to the Daleks and The Monster of Peladon were easily but nicely put in which I very much liked. The Daleks hunting for the Doctor and Sarah was fantastic but the way they just left and temporarily abandoned their plans for taking over Earth was poor. Borderline ridiculous really. Sarah saw the newly formed alliance and fancied taking them on by herself! I admired the courage and her wish to show the Doctor what she was capable of was nice to see. But the way she 'succeeded' wasn't very good at all. How weak did it make the Daleks! Overall though, very short, poor story but quite a bit of fun. 

Rating: 6/10