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Review of Dinosaurs on a Spaceship by ClydeLangerRules

15 June 2025

Semi-convinced that people give this one a negative review because it seems like the sort of episode that ought to be bad (a Chibnall-penned romp about dinosaurs).

But it's a cracker. The buds of a Whittaker-era stinker are there (an inexplicably bloated cast from different eras, and a curiously callous final move from the Doctor), but whether by his own focus or a Moffatian hand, the story (with its swish direction) stays frenetic and funny; this is the most I've laughed at a rewatch in a while, and the script is much, much wittier than I remembered. Matt Smith is on fine form, and all of the character moments work far better than I remembered. I had enormous fun.


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