The return of Doctor Who after a year absence (Part 1 aired on New Year’s Day, an entire year after Resolution). It was nice to only have to wait a few days until part 2 as well even if it soured the cliffhanger. Obviously I enjoyed the Ada & Noor plot line in Part 2 and the Spy Masters reveal in Part 1. Also the fact that he used the Kassavin to complete his nefarious goals only for them to turn on him as they were passive beings who he had used (Also the doctors instructional video left on how to land the plane if memory serves correctly, which she filmed before being taken by the Kassavin).

I do like Sacha Dhawan. Overall a very fun episode.

The Chibnall era has many, many flaws, but by god Sacha Dhawan's Master is not even CLOSE to being one of them.

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I was half-focusing on this episode (what with it being New Year and you know what that means), but there was something that stuck in my mind:

If UNIT and Torchwood had both been closed down forever, what happened to the other networks, individual groups? Did they get closed down? Maybe something like the Master's resurrection involved draining all past friends of their life forces, a la The Mummy, to explain why they no longer exist.

@LauraBatham, I think you're overreacting with your last statement. Change is a constant in this show; our hero's weapon of choice, want for a better word, changes frequently.

@Kevin 'Chalky' Kaiba Nope, they're cowards. I mean, they didn't even try to make it look like a sex toy.

And in case it isn't obvious yet, I am joking.

@LauraBatham, sorry. It's just plain text does make it hard to understand sarcasm.

The first part that focused on being a spy movie homage was honestly pretty fun and one of the better Chibnall Who episodes.

Just want to add - Stephen Fry’s performance as C and Lenny Henry’s appearance as Daniel Barton before he later went on to portray the 9.5th doctor in a none widely accepted canon of a Comic Relief skit.