Doctor Who - The War Doctor - 3.1 - The Shadow Vortex reviews

Rating		Votes
10	7%	6
9	24%	20
8	35%	29
7	16%	13
6	13%	11
5	2%	2
4	0%	0
3	0%	0
2	0%	0
1	1%	1
Average Rating 7.8
Votes 82

Synopsis

Cardinal Ollistra exploits the War Doctor?s affection for Earth to send him to East Berlin, 1961, on the trail of a Dalek agent. Lara Zannis has breached the planet?s quantum shield on a very special mission for the Dalek Time Strategist.

Caught between MI6 and the KGB, the War Doctor must first escape the Stasi before he can hope to stop Lara. Cold War scientists are about to make a breakthrough ? the Daleks want control of the 'Shadow Vortex', and Agent Zannis can provide it.

Has Prerequisite Story

7 out of 55 (12.7%) raters say this story requires a previous story.

Extended Ratings

Plot

7.7

(59)

Acting

8.4

(59)

Effects

8.1

(54)

Replay

7.7

(57)

War Doctor

The War Doctor - Series 3

Daleks

Cardinal Ollistra

The Time War

The War Doctor - Series 3

7.8

3.1 - The Shadow Vortex

7.7

3.2 - The Eternity Cage

7.1

3.3 - Eye of Harmony

7.5

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Cast

John Hurt (The War Doctor)

Jacqueline Pearce (Cardinal Ollistra)

Neve McIntosh (Lara)

Honeysuckle Weeks (Heleyna)

Timothy Speyer (Kruger)

Helen Goldwyn (Professor Crane)

Gunnar Cauthery (Kavarin)

Matthew Cottle (Leith)

Dan Starkey (General Fesk/Sontarans)

Josh Bolt (Kalan)

Barnaby Edwards (Vassarian)

Andrew French (Muren) and Nicholas Briggs (Dalek Time Strategist/Daleks)

Director:

Nicholas Briggs

Writer:

David Llewellyn

Available From:

Big Finish

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