In this e-short the Eighth Doctor arrives in the Nevada Desert to find a nasty pathogen killing the inhabitants of a local town. He soon realises what it and that Earth is in terrible danger.
It's a simple story really but the idea of what the pathogen can do is great, making it a real menace for humanity but no real problem for the Doctor. Scarrow had a difficult job of writing the Eighth Doctor book with little material to go on, just the TV Movie. Yes, there are lots of Eighth Doctor audio stories but their canonicity is debatable and most new fans won't have heard them.
Scarrow characterises the Eighth Doctor reasonably well but he is probably the most bland Doctor so actually virtually any of the incarnations could have been shoved into this story. Still, it is set in the USA and the Doctor mentions his Mother so it does feel quite Eighth Doctor-y. The e-short is one of the few occasions a one-off companion actually works quite well, she is needed otherwise the Doctor would have no humanoid to talk to for virtually the entire story, although why he becomes a little attached to her I can't fathom.
An enjoyable story for the Eighth Doctor, Alex Scarrow does a good job of writing the most difficult story!
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