I liked fish fingers and custard and the whole conversation with Amelia and 11. I didn’t like 11 defeating the threat by monologuing at it though. The show needs to stay away from that particular well for a while.......

I love Jodie Whittaker as 13 and I liked what we saw of the new companions. Ryan in particular was really well established. I thought the episode was a good first step. Unless you have a really good, well plotted story, I think it as well to keep the first episode’s threat relatively mundane and just focus on…

Yeah I always find it weird that 5 doesn’t do more to talk her out of staying on that ship in Terminus. Nyssa isn’t that old and loads of the people there seem skeevy and dangerous and 5 is all “okay, thanks, good luck.”

And speaking of 4 there are a few episodes with Sarah-Jane and Harry.

Done and done.

5 had three companions as well though. Personally I’m looking forward to the changed dynamic. I feel like the show really overdosed on the Doctor having close quasi-romantic relationships with the companions and the companions also becoming both special and superpowered. Hopefully Chibnall will resist the temptation…

I’m giggling now thinking of that line in “The Visitation” when Nyssa says “isn’t there anything I can do?”

Some of the channels here (UK) that show the big US dramas really overdose on ads as well, to the point where I have to tape the show and skip the adverts otherwise it just tends to spoil them.

I loved the Doctor and the new companions (especially Ryan). I think that was the key thing for this episode to get right and it did. I think it was a smart move to have a relatively simple plot/alien threat for this first episode because it meant the focus was on the characters bonding and also the Doctor figuring…

I’m both really excited for Doctor Who and also drinking quite a lot of strong cocktails so fingers crossed I’m not asleep by 6.45pm, which will be just after I’ve had a big roast dinner.

Trevor is more fun when he’s being overtly evil and when the gang are afraid of him rather than bored by him.

Okay examples please. Is this because they are horribly poisonous or are they just really freaky looking?

I always ask this with insects and I never get an answer but here goes. What constitutes provoking a spider?

I think these are valid criticisms and I hope the show won’t lose steam now everyone is back on earth. I’m curious to see what happens with Janet and Michael since it seems like it will be pretty easy for the Judge/other Bad Place demons to find them.

Oh my God, I cannot believe I forgot Boyd. Boyd is so awesome.

I cannot believe I forgot to mention Sark from Alias. Love him.

Some of mine:

Well this would explain his 90 or so post-death albums.

Good article but it should have been saved for the AVC Toilet Week......

This is why its always worth running a fact check when a blowhard starts telling you something is “scientific fact”. Often their version of a scientific fact has some pretty dubious science behind it.