Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

Doctor Who Short Trips, Volume 4, Story 2

creator(s): Foster Marks |

franchise: Doctor Who | Doctor Who Big Finish |

medium(s): radio |

date reviewed: 10 February 2026

rating: ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤

There’s an interesting, even Ellulian, moral to this story about falling in love with the means and not thinking about the ends, but I think the story surrounding that moral could have been better done.

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