However one feels about the retconning of a famous Fifth Doctor tragedy or the surprise return of [REDACTED] this play rules because EMPIRE OF THE GIANT SENTIENT SCORPIONS YOU GUYS. The incidental characters, especially a Victorian lady novelist, are pretty kickass too. ( )

Peter Davison is cruel in the extra tracks of The Boy That Time Forgot: 'So imagine my surprise when I saw that they had brought Adric back, only this time he is being played by ... an actor!!!' Indeed, Adric survived the crash of Earthshock, and is now in charge of a prehistoric kingdom of intelligent scorpions. But don't worry, Nyssa, he has decided that you shall be his queen. The Doctor, however, is to be eaten. The story treads on uncertain ground but does it pretty confidently, helped immensely by Andrew 'Manuel/prank phone calls' Sachs as the aged and crazed Adric. Unfortunately John Pickard returns as Brewster at the end, but you can't have everything. ( )