So it's not exactly hard to tell that I'm not a fan of 13's era. However, I don't think I dislike her Doctor anymore. She took way too long to grow - I mean come on, she's nearly gone now. Nonetheless, we eventually got there, with her still the weakest of the bunch but no longer something I'm completely against. Her "banter" within this episode was pretty decent and in particular helped me feel she was more Doctor-esque.
The actual episode was... pretty good? I wasn't expecting much and it's still nothing explosively brilliant, but for a Chibnall episode, this is actually nice.
THE STUFF ABOUT JEFF WAS AMUSING.
"Daleks do not have managers!" :joy:
This is a weird feeling... This was a decent episode of Doctor Who! Haven't had one of those in a while.
While I enjoyed the time loop scenario, it seemed like they ran out of creative things to do by the end; the final loop was fine, but Chris Chibnall can't write satisfying reveals to save his life. The Doctor spelled out their entire plan, and then they just kind of... do it. No kinks in the plan, nothing unexpected happens, no sort of tension. They made it out alive, but it's not really satisfying.
Plus, it looks like Chibnall copied and pasted his previous special, Resolution. They're both a New Years special episode where the Doctor, her companions, and a white woman and a dark skinned man who sort of know each other have to escape from a Dalek, and in the end, the man and the woman become a couple. It worked well in Resolution, but it felt weird in this one. The two of them don't have much chemistry together, and there's little to no romantic tension whatsoever, so it makes no sense to have them get together in the end.
My favourite bit, by far, was the fact that they kept revealing more an more about this mysterious other employee, Jeff. The fact that he stored more and more absurd things in this storage facility was funny.
Yes, it kind of feels like a lesser rip-off of a previous Doctor Who special, but at this point in Chibnall's run as showrunner, you have to take what you get, and this one wasn't bad at all.
Wow, this was actually a very good Episode.
Good Writing and Aisling Bea (Sarah) is just amazing.
Kind of sad, that Chibnail is only lowering his virtue signaling crap now that he is basically already out the door...
Are you sure about "Special 208" I think the TMDB special episodes listing has problems, am I correct!
Fun New Year’s Eve story. But I don’t know, the time loop thing did make me feel there wasn’t any danger whatsoever. The Doctor would eventually come up with a plan to save all of them. And what about Yaz?
Shout by jameszBlockedParent2022-01-01T20:11:00Z
That was the definition of fun. I knew the time loop aspect would make the episode great. Yaz admitting her feelings! I loved this, one of 13s best episodes, honestly.