Chris Chibnall strikes again with yet another horrible episode. It starts with a silly thumb-sucking bonding moment between the second most boring companion character (can't even remember his name at this point) and some random terrorist chick with piercings. Then there's some obvious preaching moment from the doctor, some awful character dialogue and plot that doesn't make sense, then there's one tiny good thing about the episode, which is the special effects of the predatory aliens. Almost worth an extra star, but Chibnalls horrible writing cements my 1 star rating with a bizarre moment when the green haired kid leaves the only safe room in the entire facility only to have a "reunion moment" with the green-haired father/uncle/whatever literally two or three minutes later. If the kid was missing and struggling half the episode then maybe this would have had an impact, but that whole thing was over in minutes and made no sense at all. The episode ends with the doctor preaching another awfully obvious moralistic speech to the boring companions about how the future isn't fixed, but mankind is doomed if they don't make better choices. Blah blah blah. The way it's delivered is so unelegant and clumsy I can't believe they haven't fired Chibnall from the show yet.
Doctor Who was a wonderful show. Now it feels completely ruined. It's not the same show anymore. And that boring depressing background music they started using has removed all of the wonder from the mood. What do they think this is? Season 1 of Misfits? Stop ruining Doctor Who!
Doctor Who was a wonderful show. Now it feels completely ruined. It's not the same show anymore. And that boring depressing background music they started using has removed all of the wonder from the mood. What do they think this is? Season 1 of Misfits? Stop ruining Doctor Who!