Or that one of the characters was previously introduced in a novel that I've not read either, adding yet another layer of backstory that was entirely opaque to me. It doesn't help that the main villain's name is the same as that of a guest character in the TV series, leaving me wondering for a while what the connection between them was supposed to be. (No wonder I thought there were unresolved plot threads at the end of it, though.) And I've not listened to the first two in the sequence, which seem to be the critical ones for understanding this one, while I'd never realised that the third one was actually a prequel to the others. What I didn't realise when I bought it is that it's the fourth in a set of audio plays dealing with a particular villain who runs one of the UK's many secret organisations investigating alien artefacts. That's because the story builds heavily on established continuity, and continuity, it turns out, that I'd almost entirely missed. The fact is that I found it rather confusing, and difficult to get into, but that may not be the fault of the play itself. It is entirely possible that I'm being unfair to this release by giving it just three stars.
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