Skaro Says - Sidesk wonders if this issue was worth the money, though it would certainly be the case for TARDIS completists! He remarks that it has a lovely cover, but the comic strip is boring. Si Hart agrees that the cover is great, citing it as one of Alister Pearson's best efforts. Overall, he rates this issue as magnificent, and particularly likes the little console schematics showing all the variations - a lovingly put together issue.

Critique - This is one of my favourite issues ever - I usually like the themed issues, and this was no exception. It is indeed a lovely cover by Mr Pearson, along with the latest in his long running series of Doctor and Monsters posters inside. They'd already done the Journeys logs spread over several issues some years earlier, but it was nice to have them all in one issue, updated and with more accurate information, rather than some of the speculation they had done previously. Elsewhere, I liked the way all the regular features revolved around the TARDIS, and it was rare to have an Archive and a Nostalgia in the same issue! I rather liked the short but continuity filled comic strip (set entirely in the TARDIS naturally!) and it was a sign of how great Talons is that it gets its second spin off Brief Encounters here already. This is a real highpoint in the history of the magazine, and any TARDIS fans really should look for a copy.