Prepare to suspend your disbelief as the Doctor and Donna land on Earth in 1926 and fetch up on the lawn of Lady Eddison's palatial country mansion, just in time for a garden party.
The scene is set for an old-fashioned murder mystery. There's a body in the library, poisoned cocktails, a missing necklace and a plethora of possible suspects. And helpfully to solve the mystery, Agatha Christie is also there, shortly before (in real life) she disappeared for ten days.
Naturally the great crime novelist has an inkling about who might be behind the murky goings-on, but even she is a little flummoxed when it becomes clear that a giant alien wasp may be to blame, which is where the Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna (Catherine Tate) step in. Guest stars include (pictured, from left) Felicity Kendal (as Lady Eddison), Felicity Jones, Fenella Woolgar (as Agatha Christie), Christopher Benjamin and Tom Goodman-Hill.
Diehard Doctor Who fans will probably find this episode a little weak; for the rest of us it's amusing, light-hearted hokum. Paul Strange
(3 Star)
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