You have a point, I just feel like even the most convoluted nonsense should have something of substance in Doctor Who. This isn’t Legends of Tomorrow. Even The Last of the Time Lords has some compelling ideas and character work beneath all the schmaltz.

It might be a short conversation, but this episode for me is definitely in the conversation for best episode of the Chibnall run

“Welcome to the Chibnall era. Whittaker deserved better.”

I took it as read that Vinder was from the far future at the start of the season, but this episode brought home just how far it is. The Timelords and their TARDISes have passed from common knowledge, beyond legend and into myth in his time—the stuff of bedtime stories.

Give Yaz something to do?  That's just crazy talk.

It might be a short conversation, but this episode for me is definitely in the conversation for best episode of the Chibnall run. It’s worth noting how forcefully Yaz is pushing back against her timeline, even as it’s seemingly the most pleasant, and how forcefully Thirteen is pushing back against letting Yaz in on…

Poor Yaz doesn’t really get anything to do this week

Yaz was fun playing Vinder’s superior and the doctor’s other sidekick in the flashback. But I prefer if she had more to  do as herself. The scene playing video games with her sister was fun anyway, always nice to see their dynamic, on the surface antagonistic but trying to be supportive underneath 

Is it wrong that I associate Vinder with that other dreadlocked space hero Lister.

I liked the bits where the main cast were playing other people. That’s always fun, Yaz as Vinder’s superior was a particular standout, as was Dan as his dog buddy. As for the rest *shrug* hopefully it all makes sense in the end, but that’s placing a lot of faith on Chibnall’s shoulders and well that’s not exactly…

This isn’t very good Doctor Who but it is at least *pretty good* Doctor Who, which is more fun than 90% of anything else on TV. Chibnall’s decision to go all-in on crazy plotting and goofy characters and to let Whittaker’s Doctor act bonkers and also kind of mean and aggressive is great, especially since Chibnall has…

I truly don’t understand most of what happened here but I’m pretty certain I love Vinder. he immediately feels like more of a layered and intriguing companion than, well, any Chibnall era companion has in three seasons. really hope he has a big part to play in the finale because he’s absolutely fantastic

This episode definitely suffers from ‘exact midpoint of a many-parter’ syndrome; not so early that it’s still introducing interesting pieces, but not so late it’s started to resolve anything. It doesn’t even get to tie itself up in a self-contained story like the episodes before and (presumably) after it, it’s pretty…

Going by the review, the change of mediums was the least of the show’s problems.

There’s basically no instance where animation can be transposed into live action. The closest you get is something like Speed Racer, which is a masterpiece, but clearly does not look or move or feel like anything else and is essentially a cartoon with human actors in it. Or you get Scooby Doo, which only works because…

Don't worry, folks. There's a good chance Barsanti's take on this is just as wrong as his take on, well, everything.

I like how to honour the death of Dean Stockwell they decided to do Doctor Who Does Quantum Leap.

Overall I’m enjoying it but definitely think this will work better on a rewatch with all the pieces together - if they come close to sticking the landing. 

I’m dangerously close to “I don’t give a shit” territory.

I liked this more than last week because I like seeing more of the shape of what’s happening, especially how the likes of the Cybermen and the Angels are pursuing their own agendas amidst the chaos. Everyone wants to rule in Hell it seems.