Like the first issue of Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious, this is a beautifully illustrated story with good characterization but a bloated, boring plot that is extended by a long, drawn-out conversation. Conceptually, the idea of the Doctor working with a Dalek is endlessly interesting. In execution, every possible stone is left unturned in this odd dynamic. While the Tenth Doctor’s dialogue reads as the Ten Doctor would speak, the subject matter of every conversation, almost every single line, is the plot. It’s all plot with Time Lord Victorious when Doctor Who’s real strength is the revealing character moments, the silly asides, and the idea that anything can happen. The series ends with an oddly casual encounter between the Tenth and Thirteenth Doctor with a welcome use of the recurring “Still not ginger” joke. Like all storytelling in this series, their interaction remains surface-level.