Ooh, it's pretty close! It's *almost* something I enjoyed, and has some pretty memorable lines and moments. I think people are a little too hard on Kerblam over its flawed ending, but so much of it is so much closer to at least something resembling Doctor Who compared to the other dud episodes. Jodie Whittaker's initial enthusiasm on receiving a Kerblam package was infectious and one of those few moments in her time as the Doctor where I was really feeling her embody the character, at least a bit.

The story is a bit of a disaster in its implicit endorsement of capitalism (which the Twelfth Doctor will apparently go on to destroy) and of just the status quo in general, but really that's all just a clumsy attempt to get a little political around the automation trend. None of this is very original or well done, there's a bunch of dumb lines everywhere including that infamous line about being best friends with robots, the companions and even guest cast really don't have much to do, and overall it just doesn't work.

The Kerblam robots just look okay. A little bit of polish could have made this episode at least passable. It at least isn't a boring episode like so many other Thirteenth Doctor stories, and it tends to stick with me, at least a little.