In Remembrance review [Guy Adams]

When an alarm is triggered at Coal Hill Academy, Quill and Charlie encounter a mysterious intruder prowling around school premises. Worse, they also encounter a Dalek. Their only hope of survival lies with the stranger: a woman who calls herself 'Ace'...

When: 2016 and 1963.

The Doctor's Case:

• The best moment of this story would have to be when Quill talks about how she used to think of herself as a hero, but that now she's nothing in a world full of people she hates.

The Valeyard's Case:

• A Bad Quotation:
• "How's that for technology, you arrogant, stupid, tinned racist!?"
• The best thing about School Reunion isn't that Sarah Jane Smith came back but that she'd changed and grown since leaving the Doctor. She's built a new life and isn't the young companion that she once was. Unfortunately, Dorothy McShane isn't any different to the younger Ace we've had in so many audio dramas - she doesn't sound any different than in, say, Earth Aid. It's a shame because I was looking forward to getting to see something new from Ace, but whilst School Reunion left you wanting more of Sarah and even spawned The Sarah Jane Adventures, In Remembrance does nothing for Ace.
• Most of the story is set in 2016 with Dorothy and Quill talking and interacting with the Dalek, sidelining the arguably more interesting story of Charlie being stuck in a battleground in 1963. It's something we barely see and given how time travel isn't a theme of Class, I would have thought they'd have made the most of it.

Honours Roll: Daleks get blown up in 1963.

I'll Explain Later:

• How come Quill knows so much about the Daleks whilst Charlie doesn't?

This Reminds Me...:

• The events of Remembrance of the Daleks are an important part of this story.
• Charlie suggests running up stairs to escape the Dalek. Rose tried this in Dalek.
• A Charitable Earth was mentioned in Death of the Doctor.
• Ace mentions the Bandrils from Timelash and Fenric from The Curse of Fenric.

The Inquisitor's Judgement: Considering this was the one I was looking forward to the most, I was left disappointed, especially by Dorothy who doesn't seem to have changed or grown much at all since being returned to Earth by Braxiatel. Quill was good, as usual, and Charlie's scenes in 1963 were far too short and infrequent. However, this was still an okay story and deserves a C.

Class: The Audio Adventures - Volume 2

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