Did you know you can watch the Extras. They are called Doctor Who Unleashed and they tell and show you how they made the Episode. Space Babies was fun, or was it.
This episode scolded blind faith, capitalism, and the military-industrial complex all in one episode. So many Americans, especially in the South, must hate it maybe even more than they hated the existence of Jinkx Monsoon last episode 😂
Not to mention the obvious commentary on the American healthcare system with the ambulances that kill. People have been known to literally jump out of them still bleeding out or just having had a heart attack because they can't afford them.
Moffat is amazing at taking simple ideas and concepts and turning them into tension ratcheting episodes. One offs like this are where he’s super super strong. iirc the military company Villengard has been mentioned a long while back. Also quite odd that Munday was played by Varada Sethu who is supposed to join as a companion next season. Wonder if it’s some Clara-esque shenanigans. But yeah great episode. Probably my favorite of the season so far.
Villengard is the planet featured in the middle of the universe (and also the middle of _Twice Upon A Time_ ) where Rusty the Dalek was holed up. According to the wiki, it might’ve been first mentioned in _The Doctor Dances_ though, as the creators of Jack’s “squareness gun”. Also interesting to note (as they did in the video) that this Anglican military is similar but seemingly separate to the eventual Church of the Silence (of the Papal Mainframe), featured in S5’s angel two-parter, _A Good Man Goes To War_ , and _Time of the Doctor_ .
@@OlaBetiku It's implied in Unleashed that her character is next season's companion with Ruby as well, so that'll be interesting to see how her character returns.
With the repeated use of thoughts and prayers this whole episode actually seems like a perfect analogy for American gun culture. There is no enemy only your own weapons with the algorithm (read politicians and their gun manufactorer masters) ensuring just enough people keep dying to keep people buying.
Moffat, in an interview, said he deliberately wanted to use "thoughts and prayers" for the ambulance like "exterminate" is for Daleks because of how much he hates the phrase.
"Time has transfigured them into Untruth. The stone fidelity They hardly meant has come to be Their final blazon, and to prove Our almost-instinct almost true: What will survive of us is love" "An Arundel Tomb" Philip Larkin. You're welcome to copy and share.
Susan Twist plays Susan Triad in the last episode. S. Triad is an anagram of TARDIS. Could it be when the Doctor duplicated the Tardis in a previous episode that somehow freed part of the essence of the Tardis and that has been shadowing him ever since?
14:44 yeah they use a version of the volume, not quite a 360 one but a huge screen and coloured backdrops so no green screen was actually used to make it (from the behind the scenes show shown in the uk)
You missed the lady again. The ambulance lady, was the cafeteria lady, was one of the babies adults on the screen, was at the pub where ruby played music, was with Isaac Newton.
"Fleshlight!" (GROANS :)) DAMN!!! EARLY in the morning!!! (But Moffat's return is worth it, right?) And hey, little kids can be annoying!!! LOL!!! THANKS!!! (From AI: “What will survive of us is love” is the last line of Philip Larkin's poem 'An Arundel Tomb.' The poem was written in 1956 and published in 1964 in Larkin's collection The Whitsun Weddings. It describes the poet's reaction to seeing a 14th-century tomb in Chichester Cathedral that features two stone effigies of an earl and countess. The poem follows the sculptures as they corrode over the centuries.") As you point out, NOT A SPOILER exactly, BUT.... The "Andor" actress playing the soldier will join our TARDIS duo in Season 15 (or 2).
I really loved that they mentioned Villengard again. They name drop Villengard in The Doctor Dances. It’s where Captain Jack got his gun the makes the square pattern when it disintegrates, the Doctor mentions that he destroyed the factory at the Groves of Villengard which then became a banana grove.
Having watched the Dr Who Unleashed show, the backgrounds were in fact a massive LED screen with the image live feed to the set, so the cameras recorded not only the actors on set but the CGI background as well.
The hive-mind of fandom immediately retreated to Tom Baker's Doctor standing on a landmine - so it was hardly a surprise when Moffat himself stated this as his chief influence. And that throws up an interesting point. I believe at this point he is probably one of the show's greatest writers; easily up there with Terry Nation or Robert Holmes (or even Douglas Adams). And it's nice to have his version of future continuity (the Anglican Church as the military - 'Onward Christian Soldiers, marching us to war' as we used to sing in school assembly) dropped into the modern series. It means we are not totally adrift from the past as many naysayers like to think.
Nope, different religious order, Papal is a Catholic term, not Anglican, so they're different branches of Christianity (thanks Henry, great work you did there.....)
More like early to the party, am I right? Lol we Americans have it way too good now. I'm old enough to remember having to watch repeats on PBS, hardly synced up with BBC America, and now just watching on D+ and BBC.
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Doctor Who can be so many things. Some will have loved The Devil's Chord. Me I shrugged and waited for something that would appeal to me. And this episode demonstrates that non-wacky non-musical number Doctor Who is still here so all good with me 🙂
Best episode of the season so far. Felt much more "Doctor Who" to me. Reminded me of 12 meeting a young Davros in a minefield once upon a timey wimey time.
The 'Thoughts and Prayers' thing is a bit on the nose, but I do like the notion that war is created to sustain an industry. Or, if you're Putin right now, an entire economy. But don't imagine any of us are immune from this.
This episode was anxiously horrifying. Was not expecting Ruby to die so quickly, even when she was brought back- shows literally anything could happen and that’s terrifying. We know the doctor will go on to regenerate eventually but ruby’s fate is unknown
There are many who would think Moffat didn’t do as good a script as I remember(hello, Blink). Somehow, I think this sets up something later….just like learning of The Flesh for Amy. I hope his next script makes me fearful and anxious like Blink.
This was more like it . Nicely paced unlike the Chibnal era , and Murray Golds music fitted nicely . Real tension , well acted and a moral message . The show has certainly missed Steven Moffats writing . Definitely the best for a long time .
The girl is old enough to know of these concepts. All Moffat needed to do was to knock four years off her, then she would be fine. Apart from this, and the guy not looking walking backward onto the landmine the episode was great. It would have been better if he accidentally stood on it as he was standing up.
Honestly the best ncuti episode so far imo by miles didn’t like the other 3 as much as this one. Boom - 9/10 Devils chord- 4/10 Space babies -5/10 The church on ruby road - 6/10
Honestly this story was fine. Im not a big fan of Steven Moffat’s script, there not proper dw for me (sorry bit of a classic who purist sadly) but at least this script was good and I thought Ncuti Gatwa was really good in this story
The best episode so far, not surprising though its moffat. Its a just a shame hes not writing any more episodes because i dont think rtd is any good anymore. Bit of a copy paste plot though, essentially a bunch of ideas moffats done before most relevant is oxygen with capaldi.
I feel like we're going for a fatherhood thing, seeing as the doctor keeps mentioning he's a parent and grandparent, maybe we'll see his grand daughter
Best episode of the 3 recent new ones, but the ending for me went a bit too long and with dragged out sentimentality, but still it's the best since Church on Ruby rd. Liking the Ruby mystery clues as well.
People get killed around the doctor constantly, he wasn't at fault for any of the deaths idk why you expected him to breakdown crying, plus he just escaped a mine, he's obviously happy he's alive
@@kadegetslaid634 I don't expect him to break down crying. I do expect him to read the room and not to glory in his own rescue and to not acknowledge the people just killed. I don't think the Doctor brushes off death as easily as you think. He was worried about a snot monster a few episodes ago.
I sadly wasn’t wowed by this episode. It didn’t seem very fresh I guess as it felt a bit familiar and a few times I found myself annoyed with some of the characters. It was… ok but shockingly I briefly wondered if Space Babies was a better episode. This episode has a better tone & premise… but for me it’s meh at best.
@@kobeangelesdamelio I liked the premise to an extent and I suppose it wasn’t super similar to any previous Doctor Who episodes yet whether it was small similarities to other Doctor Who episodes(Oxygen, Sorcerer’s Apprentice, maybe The Idiots Lantern) or other shows it just didn’t feel like a fresh idea. I mean at the very least we’ve had an episode about an evil corporation who kills via technology in order to maximize profits before(Oxygen), though the greedy weapon dealers was the only part of the premise I liked, and that episode was 10x better. I sadly found some of the characters annoying such as Splice who appeared too old to act the way she did and the whole thing about them being too stupid to realize they’re fighting a nonexistent enemy is beyond ridiculous. There’s stupid and then there’s brain dead. It also doesn’t help that the Doctor spends the entire episode on top of a landmine as we know he can’t die so it eventually becomes yawn inducing. Also, a small(er) nitpick is I would have appreciated a line about the sonic not being capable of deactivating the landmine rather than nobody bringing it up. This is an even smaller nitpick but while I loved The Devil’s Chord(wasn’t a fan of the ending) and I enjoyed The Church on Ruby Road including the musical number I found myself weirdly irritated to hear the Doctor singing. At this point we’ve had singing in almost every episode and in this one it felt a little forced.
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Did you know you can watch the Extras. They are called Doctor Who Unleashed and they tell and show you how they made the Episode. Space Babies was fun, or was it.
I think you were the only one like me who thought how dodgey those urns looked lol.
This is hot garbage 🗑 😒 😤 😑. They are trying too hard to make the audience care, but we don't!
“He’s not gone. He’s just dead.”
I adore that line. Thematically recontextualizes the entire episode in seconds.
❤
This episode scolded blind faith, capitalism, and the military-industrial complex all in one episode. So many Americans, especially in the South, must hate it maybe even more than they hated the existence of Jinkx Monsoon last episode 😂
As an American who loved this episode and the Devil’s Chord, I am absolutely certain this one pissed off a lot of us 🤣 They can die mad lol
One thing I'll say about this season, it's not afraid of pissing people off.
Not to mention the obvious commentary on the American healthcare system with the ambulances that kill. People have been known to literally jump out of them still bleeding out or just having had a heart attack because they can't afford them.
@@rlacksgh9673indeed
@@rlacksgh9673 The irony of it being the first season on Disney+ 😂
There were so many times in this episode I didn't realize I was holding my breath until I exhaled in relief.
I ordered a pizza to eat whilst watching, the episode was so tense that by the end of it the pizza was cold without me eating any of it
@@connorbosley4431I love doctor who but I also love pizza. So I adore the dedication but cry for the Italian cuisine
@@caitfurnox don't feel bad, it was a sicillian pizza
Pretty sure “fish fingers and custard is my favorite” is Moffat telling us his favorite doctor
well to be fair, 12 didn't really have a "signature meal" or anything so idk about all that
Makes sense since he was the showrunner for Matt Smiths doctor
Moffat is amazing at taking simple ideas and concepts and turning them into tension ratcheting episodes. One offs like this are where he’s super super strong.
iirc the military company Villengard has been mentioned a long while back. Also quite odd that Munday was played by Varada Sethu who is supposed to join as a companion next season. Wonder if it’s some Clara-esque shenanigans.
But yeah great episode. Probably my favorite of the season so far.
Moffat used a war episode to introduce Captain Jack... He may have just used this recent war episode to introduce Mundy Flynn... .
Villengard is the planet featured in the middle of the universe (and also the middle of _Twice Upon A Time_ ) where Rusty the Dalek was holed up. According to the wiki, it might’ve been first mentioned in _The Doctor Dances_ though, as the creators of Jack’s “squareness gun”.
Also interesting to note (as they did in the video) that this Anglican military is similar but seemingly separate to the eventual Church of the Silence (of the Papal Mainframe), featured in S5’s angel two-parter, _A Good Man Goes To War_ , and _Time of the Doctor_ .
@@OlaBetiku It's implied in Unleashed that her character is next season's companion with Ruby as well, so that'll be interesting to see how her character returns.
I honestly love how “small scale” this episode felt in comparison to the devils chord
I liked that about midnight in season 4 too
Watching the Unleashed behind the scenes show, it's literally just two sets (baring the Tardis)!
@@kordei-7839 midnight is better imo, but this was still fantastic ❤
With the repeated use of thoughts and prayers this whole episode actually seems like a perfect analogy for American gun culture. There is no enemy only your own weapons with the algorithm (read politicians and their gun manufactorer masters) ensuring just enough people keep dying to keep people buying.
Moffat, in an interview, said he deliberately wanted to use "thoughts and prayers" for the ambulance like "exterminate" is for Daleks because of how much he hates the phrase.
15:24 The Doctor’s not referring to another character here, he’s referring to a real-life poet.
Philip Larkin as mentioned in the video commentary.
"It literally turns you into a Fleshlight" - Oh, the sacrilege :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
"Time has transfigured them into
Untruth. The stone fidelity
They hardly meant has come to be
Their final blazon, and to prove
Our almost-instinct almost true:
What will survive of us is love"
"An Arundel Tomb" Philip Larkin. You're welcome to copy and share.
Susan Twist plays Susan Triad in the last episode. S. Triad is an anagram of TARDIS. Could it be when the Doctor duplicated the Tardis in a previous episode that somehow freed part of the essence of the Tardis and that has been shadowing him ever since?
Also note that the Doctor couldn't find his TARDIS key at the end of the episode, after being pronged by the Susan Twist ambulance...
14:44 yeah they use a version of the volume, not quite a 360 one but a huge screen and coloured backdrops so no green screen was actually used to make it (from the behind the scenes show shown in the uk)
Moffat came back like
F capitalism
F the military-industrial complex
F the healthcare system
F religion
Yo Moff, you dropped this, here 👑
You missed the lady again. The ambulance lady, was the cafeteria lady, was one of the babies adults on the screen, was at the pub where ruby played music, was with Isaac Newton.
No they didn't. They spoke about it in the discussion afterwards.
The old man line at the end is from Philip Larkin's poem "An Arundel Tomb".
Fish Fingers and Custard
Steven Moffat
This was the most emotional best acted episode of doctor who in many years.
Sorcerer's Apprentice meets Oxygen.
Doctor Who's first propper dig at American society.
And they got Disney to fund it! 😁
"Fleshlight!" (GROANS :)) DAMN!!! EARLY in the morning!!! (But Moffat's return is worth it, right?) And hey, little kids can be annoying!!! LOL!!! THANKS!!!
(From AI: “What will survive of us is love” is the last line of Philip Larkin's poem 'An Arundel Tomb.' The poem was written in 1956 and published in 1964 in Larkin's collection The Whitsun Weddings. It describes the poet's reaction to seeing a 14th-century tomb in Chichester Cathedral that features two stone effigies of an earl and countess. The poem follows the sculptures as they corrode over the centuries.")
As you point out, NOT A SPOILER exactly, BUT.... The "Andor" actress playing the soldier will join our TARDIS duo in Season 15 (or 2).
I really loved that they mentioned Villengard again. They name drop Villengard in The Doctor Dances. It’s where Captain Jack got his gun the makes the square pattern when it disintegrates, the Doctor mentions that he destroyed the factory at the Groves of Villengard which then became a banana grove.
Having watched the Dr Who Unleashed show, the backgrounds were in fact a massive LED screen with the image live feed to the set, so the cameras recorded not only the actors on set but the CGI background as well.
The hive-mind of fandom immediately retreated to Tom Baker's Doctor standing on a landmine - so it was hardly a surprise when Moffat himself stated this as his chief influence. And that throws up an interesting point. I believe at this point he is probably one of the show's greatest writers; easily up there with Terry Nation or Robert Holmes (or even Douglas Adams). And it's nice to have his version of future continuity (the Anglican Church as the military - 'Onward Christian Soldiers, marching us to war' as we used to sing in school assembly) dropped into the modern series. It means we are not totally adrift from the past as many naysayers like to think.
They are the same soldiers from The Time of Angels, with River Song as the prisoner. Moffat took away the Doctor's ability to RUN!
Nope, different religious order, Papal is a Catholic term, not Anglican, so they're different branches of Christianity (thanks Henry, great work you did there.....)
Ruby isn’t going anywhere. They are gonna have 2 companionships in season 2.
I kind of lost it at the fish fingers and custard not going to lie. LOL I really loved this episode.
Thank you, Vanessa & Robert! ⏳
Cool to see Varada before she becomes the Doctors new companion ❤
The unspoken love with the hologram ending was done in the Twelfth Doctor story "Before the Flood". It's a really tragic ending.
This episode was SO intense!!! When Ruby got shot, i unconsciously started holding my breath 😂😂😂 that moment was pure chaos and i loved it ❤
the anglican marines were in the episode with River Song and the weeping angels with number 11 and amy...
I hope people got the looking for my daddy lines? Loved the connection to series one in 2005 with "are you my mummy" which Moffat wrote too
More like early to the party, am I right? Lol we Americans have it way too good now. I'm old enough to remember having to watch repeats on PBS, hardly synced up with BBC America, and now just watching on D+ and BBC.
As an Australian its just as bad 😭 I wasn't even able to watch the Jodie witticar erra doctor cause it was nowhere
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Really good to see Varada Sethu make her debut in this episode playing Mundy.
Oh, you didn’t notice?
Sometimes Doctor Who has these moments…
We talk about her during our review portion.
Doctor Who can be so many things. Some will have loved The Devil's Chord. Me I shrugged and waited for something that would appeal to me. And this episode demonstrates that non-wacky non-musical number Doctor Who is still here so all good with me 🙂
Best episode of the season so far. Felt much more "Doctor Who" to me. Reminded me of 12 meeting a young Davros in a minefield once upon a timey wimey time.
This era kind of reminds me of Clara’s impossible girl story arc I’m so curious as to why the snow is her next of kin and if she’s human or not
This episode actually felt like a doctor who episode I’ve not felt that feeling in years
We're dead for longer than we're alive
Just noticed that "Joy to the World" the 2024 Christmas special is written by Steven Moffat too
And the return of SusanTwist (there is always a twist at the end) who has been in every episode of far this season
Any theories???
Ruby is staying on for Season 2 BTW. She's not going anywhere, it's just going to be a two companion season that comes next
This episode absolutely RIPPED. Moffat is so good at this
Am Believing that """RUBY"""is Actually """RIVER SONG""""🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
The 'Thoughts and Prayers' thing is a bit on the nose, but I do like the notion that war is created to sustain an industry. Or, if you're Putin right now, an entire economy. But don't imagine any of us are immune from this.
Awesome reaction of my favorite Doctor Who movie!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊
This episode was anxiously horrifying. Was not expecting Ruby to die so quickly, even when she was brought back- shows literally anything could happen and that’s terrifying. We know the doctor will go on to regenerate eventually but ruby’s fate is unknown
You’re anything but late to the party with these reactions!
0:26 It’s technically called a season again. Just call it whatever you’re used to
I really loved this episode
I have liked and subscribed just because you call it Series 14. lol
I'll be back tonight once it's aired in the UK 😂
There are many who would think Moffat didn’t do as good a script as I remember(hello, Blink). Somehow, I think this sets up something later….just like learning of The Flesh for Amy. I hope his next script makes me fearful and anxious like Blink.
I just want to say you make great content
That lady at the beginning of the episode is the 2nd new companion
Ruby has been confirmed for Season 2 so we will have more time with her
Landmines... The Fourth Doctor. Genesis of the Daleks. Been there before... At least this wasn't Skaro...
This was more like it . Nicely paced unlike the Chibnal era , and Murray Golds music fitted nicely . Real tension , well acted and a moral message . The show has certainly missed Steven Moffats writing . Definitely the best for a long time .
The girl is old enough to know of these concepts. All Moffat needed to do was to knock four years off her, then she would be fine. Apart from this, and the guy not looking walking backward onto the landmine the episode was great. It would have been better if he accidentally stood on it as he was standing up.
Hey guys 👋🏻. You recognize Mundy from Andor?
OK..Hands up who didn't recognise "Munday Flynn" 👋 We will see you again Munday!! 😂
Ruby over 3K years old and why didn’t the Doctor just snap his fingers at the end?
Honestly the best ncuti episode so far imo by miles didn’t like the other 3 as much as this one.
Boom - 9/10
Devils chord- 4/10
Space babies -5/10
The church on ruby road - 6/10
Yall it’s season 1
It really isn't though.
Moffat out here proving he's one of the greatest Doctor Who writers
Not with that ending.
Moffat writes fantastic one and done episodes. It's arcs and multiparters he sucks at.
It’s a British show but yet usa gets episodes before us really puting us first😂
Well it’s released on Iplayer same time as USA so not really but BBC One is the normal schedule basically unlike 12 A.M on Iplayer
Honestly this story was fine. Im not a big fan of Steven Moffat’s script, there not proper dw for me (sorry bit of a classic who purist sadly) but at least this script was good and I thought Ncuti Gatwa was really good in this story
The best episode so far, not surprising though its moffat. Its a just a shame hes not writing any more episodes because i dont think rtd is any good anymore. Bit of a copy paste plot though, essentially a bunch of ideas moffats done before most relevant is oxygen with capaldi.
He apparently wrote the Christmas Special.
The 'ambulances' reminded me of those emoji robots from s10e2. If nobody was stood on a landmine this would have pretty much been that episode.
Varada Sethu played Mundy in this episode she is also is next seasons companion.
episode 3 was good 8.5/10 for me episode 2 10/10 .
"daddy" has been weirdly said in all 3 episodes so far
I feel like we're going for a fatherhood thing, seeing as the doctor keeps mentioning he's a parent and grandparent, maybe we'll see his grand daughter
Cope
And 'Vater' the dude's surname in this episode is German for 'father'.
@@CaptainGhoulKid
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I think Ruby could be the doctor's daughter. The thing that dropped her off at church pointing at the doctor like saying she's yours doctor.
A bog monster would have been good. I agree! But still this wuz gud.
Best episode of the 3 recent new ones, but the ending for me went a bit too long and with dragged out sentimentality, but still it's the best since Church on Ruby rd. Liking the Ruby mystery clues as well.
You can ignore all those silly pro-faith comments the Doctor made at the end. Steven Moffat is an atheist. Well-done Steven.
I loved this episode
Fantastic episode moffat you hero
That kid was so annoying, all she said was "daddy" non stop with an obnoxious expression all the time....
She sounded like Veruca Salt from Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Just watched the episode and sadly, I’ve gotta put thumbs down to it didn’t enjoy it found it kind of boring
susan twist again
Thank for the spoiler for those of us that don't watch news for future companions and stuff.
The ending was very awkward. The Doctor acted like no one had just been killed and then hugged some people he had just met.
People get killed around the doctor constantly, he wasn't at fault for any of the deaths idk why you expected him to breakdown crying, plus he just escaped a mine, he's obviously happy he's alive
That's Doctor Who and not Doctor America.
The doctor has hugged people he’s just met before, he’s literally picked up a kid and celebrated winning just like he did here
@@ankari5257 It seemed tactlesss in this instance. They were goodbye hugs not one of condolence.
@@kadegetslaid634 I don't expect him to break down crying. I do expect him to read the room and not to glory in his own rescue and to not acknowledge the people just killed.
I don't think the Doctor brushes off death as easily as you think. He was worried about a snot monster a few episodes ago.
Doctor who is dead.
Its really not but okay
Go watch something else!
@@turnermarius4471 all real fans already are loser.
It's still trash and over acting by some terrible actors. The message in this episode is simply dumb.
I sadly wasn’t wowed by this episode. It didn’t seem very fresh I guess as it felt a bit familiar and a few times I found myself annoyed with some of the characters. It was… ok but shockingly I briefly wondered if Space Babies was a better episode. This episode has a better tone & premise… but for me it’s meh at best.
Huh? Tbh I felt this was a very unique episode and it gave the Doctor genuine fear
@@kobeangelesdamelio I liked the premise to an extent and I suppose it wasn’t super similar to any previous Doctor Who episodes yet whether it was small similarities to other Doctor Who episodes(Oxygen, Sorcerer’s Apprentice, maybe The Idiots Lantern) or other shows it just didn’t feel like a fresh idea. I mean at the very least we’ve had an episode about an evil corporation who kills via technology in order to maximize profits before(Oxygen), though the greedy weapon dealers was the only part of the premise I liked, and that episode was 10x better.
I sadly found some of the characters annoying such as Splice who appeared too old to act the way she did and the whole thing about them being too stupid to realize they’re fighting a nonexistent enemy is beyond ridiculous. There’s stupid and then there’s brain dead. It also doesn’t help that the Doctor spends the entire episode on top of a landmine as we know he can’t die so it eventually becomes yawn inducing. Also, a small(er) nitpick is I would have appreciated a line about the sonic not being capable of deactivating the landmine rather than nobody bringing it up. This is an even smaller nitpick but while I loved The Devil’s Chord(wasn’t a fan of the ending) and I enjoyed The Church on Ruby Road including the musical number I found myself weirdly irritated to hear the Doctor singing. At this point we’ve had singing in almost every episode and in this one it felt a little forced.
Want to be annoyed with characters? Listen to the big finish classic doctors new monsters with 4 and the vashta nerada.
Weird, i had the opposite reaction I loved this episode, different peoples tastes i suppose
(Also yes splice was SO annoying my god)