I’ve really enjoyed this series of Doctor Who. Here is a breakdown of themes from each episode:
Episode 1 – Spyfall, Part 1
- The Doctor considers her new travel companions her ‘fam’.
- Things can get into the TARDIS. More worrying the Doctor has no idea how they managed it.
- Even the Doctor doesn’t know everything.
- The Doctor lived in the outback for 123 years.
- The Doctor is really hard to get rid of, even bullets don’t deter her.
- There are times when the Doctor doesn’t know what to do.
Episode 2 – Spyfall, Part 2
- The Doctor hates being in people’s Livers.
- Where there is risk there is hope.
- Dark times never sustain, even though at times it feels like it might.
- The Doctor’s species are telepathic.
- The Doctor loves a laminator.
- The fascists never win. As long as there are good people willing to fight against them.
Episode 3 – Orphan
- Holiday’s with the Doctor are never what people expect.
- Never mind money when someone’s life is at stake.
- Global Warming could end up in catastrophe.
- People can be smart and change.
- The future depends on billions of actions and people stepping up.
Episode 4 – Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror
- The Doctor sometimes feels out of place.
- Changing the world takes time, patience is needed.
- Tesla and Edison were competitors.
- Scorpions are bad.
Episode 5 – Fugitive of the Judoon
- The Doctor is in search of the Master. She goes home looking for him.
- Judoon are trigger-happy Police for hire.
- Captain Jack is back! Captain Jack Harkness, played by John Barrowman.
- Jack’s message to the Doctor: Be ware of the lone Cyberman. Don’t give it what it wants.
- Time is swirling around the Doctor. Something is coming for her, she can feel it.
- The Doctor has lived for thousands of years.
Episode 6 – Praxeus
- The Doctor has to work out the connections between a missing submarine, a missing astronaut, birds going haywire and alien tech, but to start with she can’t see the connections. Although she has ruled out the talking cat – LOL.
- Yaz has got brave, or foolish, you decide.
- Being married to an astronaut is impressive and amazing. But it can be hard to be married to someone like that, as it can cause massive insecurity.
- It was so nice to see a gay couple kiss and express their love for one another on TV.
Episode 7 – Can You Hear Me?
- The TARDIS has a database of all living things, past, present and future.
- Everyone has fears, doubts and nightmares.
- The Doctor is good at escaping.
- Humans are magnificent.
Episode 8 – The Haunting of Villa Diodati
- Nobody should interfere with the future.
- The Doctor gets ‘vibes.’
- Words matter.
Episode 9 – Ascension of the Cybermen
- Cybermen suppress their emotions, are allergic to gold and can be held off by force fields.
- The Doctor cares.
- Doctor used to hot wire warp drives for fun.
Episode 10 – The Timeless Children
- The Master really is an insane genocidal maniac.
- The Doctor is not above asking the Master to help her friends, even though she knows he will say no.
- Paralysis-fields are a thing.
- Death particles are a thing.
- This episode gives the history of The Doctor’s race with regards to the unique regeneration ability.
- People need The Doctor.
- The is now a spare TARDIS.
If every episode had been like the last episode the series would have been fantastic. But sadly it wasn’t. There were too many eh episodes.
Blog soon,
Antony
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