I thought this was even worse than the average Time Lord Fairy Tale. This series's best part is turning out to be the paratext, not the text: the conceit, the titles, the cool box set, the illustrations. But this story is miserable: guy turns up, guy builds spaceship, guy leaves. There's not plot or complications at all. I mean I know it's only 36 pages long but there are plenty of writers who could do a lot more in 10 pages than Justin Richards does in 36.