Doctor Who: Kiss of Death

Turlough's past catches up with him in this story about hidden treasure on a remote planetoid. This does create some narrative problems, since the Doctor doesn't really discover anything about Turlough's past until his last TV episode, which is naturally set after this. As a result, the characters have to be kept apart even more than is usual, and the focus is to a large extent on Turlough - who is, perhaps, not the most popular of TV companions.

Having said that, he is well written here, and brought to life as well as ever by Mark Strickson. As to the plot, the basis of the story is a little far-fetched (although when that's ever stopped Doctor Who, I don't know), and doesn't introduce much of interest beyond the monster. Which is kind of neat, but unfortunately largely unintelligible for much of the time... which is a bit of a weakness in an audio.

If you are a big Turlough fan, you should like this; Cole has a good grasp of the character and adds a significant amount to his back-story. Otherwise, however, it's a not particularly memorable run around in an icy underground maze, and not a million miles from the TV story Dragonfire.