The TARDIS is taking the Sixth Doctor and his friends to Formicia, where everyone’s worth and role in society is determined by their age. For 19-year-old Flip Ramon, that means the fun and freedom of the ‘Beginning’, while Constance Clarke, who’s about to turn 35, faces a life of labour in the ‘Middle’. But the worst news is for the Doctor – after all, he’s lived for centuries…
“The machine goes haywire when it tries to figure out the Doctor’s grand old age,” smiles writer Chris Chapman, “and he’s consigned to the End, which is very bad news for him as he appears to have wandered into some mass euthanasia programme.