It's pretty much something where the individual pieces are good, but don't quite fit together.
Previous humans through the boundary have gone to random places - the boundary never shows the same place twice. Which allows one of my favourite pieces of duff dialogue when Obi Wan Kenockoff, having already said that the boundary never shows the same place Twice, peers at Gallifrey in mild surprise and mutters, "Well, it's never looked like that before."
And a suggestion on how to solve the problem of the Dr's passivity.
Season starts with Master trying to kill Dr. It's revealed that the Master has been retained by Gallifrey and told the Dr has gone off the deep end and is now dangerous and that he can have Precious Things if he offs her.
Further revealed that Dr has stumbled upon something leading to the truth about the Timeless Child - let's say her memory wipe is starting to give way and she's getting flashbacks. Or she's just run into Dr Ruth and that's prompted her to start digging.
Dr manages to convince Master he's been had. Uneasy alliance to discover the truth - they break into the Matrix, discover all, Master goes mad and destroys Gallifrey, while Dr fights to stop him.
This way, the Doctor has agency and destruction of Gallifrey is something she witnesses and fails to stop, rather than something related to her.
As it stands, it feels oddly as if the roles have been switched - the Master is off exploring and discovering, rather than the Doctor.
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Previous humans through the boundary have gone to random places - the boundary never shows the same place twice. Which allows one of my favourite pieces of duff dialogue when Obi Wan Kenockoff, having already said that the boundary never shows the same place Twice, peers at Gallifrey in mild surprise and mutters, "Well, it's never looked like that before."
And a suggestion on how to solve the problem of the Dr's passivity.
Season starts with Master trying to kill Dr. It's revealed that the Master has been retained by Gallifrey and told the Dr has gone off the deep end and is now dangerous and that he can have Precious Things if he offs her.
Further revealed that Dr has stumbled upon something leading to the truth about the Timeless Child - let's say her memory wipe is starting to give way and she's getting flashbacks. Or she's just run into Dr Ruth and that's prompted her to start digging.
Dr manages to convince Master he's been had. Uneasy alliance to discover the truth - they break into the Matrix, discover all, Master goes mad and destroys Gallifrey, while Dr fights to stop him.
This way, the Doctor has agency and destruction of Gallifrey is something she witnesses and fails to stop, rather than something related to her.
As it stands, it feels oddly as if the roles have been switched - the Master is off exploring and discovering, rather than the Doctor.