I had a lot of good will and energy following Spyfall, Part 1. It really made me hopeful and ended on such a fun twist I was very ready to give it a chance.

Instead though we immediately dive back into a rushed and poorly thought out plot that really does a disservice to the Master, Gallifrey, and the big arc of Series 12 that would lead to the infamous Timeless Children. It's a pretty useless and at times downright offensive piece of media. I just lost so much enthusiasm for this version of the Master after seeing his over-the-top silliness. Without a specific direction, this character feels a little useless. As is thoughtlessly killing off the Time Lords after it was such a huge emotional journey just to bring them back not that long ago.

It's a series of catastrophic decisions that I don't think the Chibnall was ever able to recover from. And absolute disaster and real low point for the Doctor Who franchise, perhaps just as if not more so clunky and troubling in its implications as the widely despised Sixth Doctor era. I am not a fan, and considering this is the first female Doctor and first Master of colour, this feels particularly wasteful.