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| By: | David Layton, Los Angeles, United States |
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| Date: | Thursday 7 November 2024 |
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| Rating: |   7 |
Expanded from an outline and early draft by John Lloyd, friend of Douglas Adams, The Doomsday Contract has Douglas Adams and Graham Williams written all over it. Basically, although the stakes are high, after all Earth might be destroyed, nothing in this is taken even remotely seriously. The entire story is an elaborate spoof of the British legal system. The Doctor is called as a witness for a trial. His old friend from Gallifrey is plaintiff in a case as president of a charitable agency charged with preserving endangered species throughout the galaxy. A ruthless corporate executive wants to use Earth for nefarious industrialization that will mean sterilizing the planet, and The Doctor must prove that he has visited Earth and that he can confirm that Earth has intelligent life. The snag is that in confirming that he has been to Earth, The Doctor is also confessing to a crime since Earth is a protected planet. This one is for fans of 1979 Doctor Who, the series that made ridicule the sole rationale for the show. It's amusing, but not much more than that.
