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I like Ncuti Gatwa as 15th doctor, he is a first doctor who is Black
Ive liked/loved them. except for the musical one. that was quite painful for me to get through. goblins: great! baby bogeys: amazing! alice in wonderland: quite bad to say the least
I think both episodes, especially the devils cord, gave me heaps of hope and excitement for what's to come. The un afraid-ness to be silly and make jokes, while actually being decently funny is something that the last doctors seasons lacked. And there was still some serious moments. I only hope we get more scary-ish/creepy episodes because they're always good, think 'don't blink'. Also some off format episodes that change up the pace a bit, those are always interesting. but that's just me.
Well, I liked better Space Babies than The Devils Chord. I absolutely love The Beatles (although lately I've been listening to more metal and hard rock than rock n roll), but idk, I found the episode quite boring tbf. I gotta say that the Maestro is too much Alice in the wonderland -ky (if you get what I mean).
I do understand the need to set up stuff for a bigger plotline but idk, I didn't like the character overall, it seems too much like the toymaker, which was good for an episode but nothing more imo.
Aside from that, the Assimilation² reference in Space Babies was delightful and the chat in 1963 London about the Doctor and Susan was great as well. I loved the soundtrack with the little chromaticism leitmotif, and the way they break the fourth wall playing the Dr. Who theme on the piano several times (which kinda reminds me to the ending of S.9 when the Doctor played Clara's theme on the guitar).
I have high hopes for Steven Moffat returning as director for the third episode, he has some great stuff in R.T.Davies era, and I'm sure he can make great stuff again.
I think it's stupid to say an episode like space babies is bad just because it's unserious. a lot of doctor who fans I've talked to say its a bad episode, but doctor who isn't supposed to be serious all the time.
I don’t think they are the strongest ever but they are decent and you aren’t supposed to lead with the most impactful episodes that’s just not how seasons work so I am not worried
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