I understand that there will be People, who really like this Episode and all Power to me, sadly I am not one of them.

I am already conflicted about Russel and his Eras. Don't get me wrong, he is a clearly skilled Writer, who brought some of the best Episodes that the Revival had (Midnight, Turn Left). And of course at least, for me, most if not all his Finales don't do much, which is totally fine, despite my various Issues I can see a lot of good in them.

I can't say the same about this. This Episode has some good Things to it, there are lines, which I like. I ADORED seeing the Thirteenth Doctor here, and I thought that Scene was written fairly well. Seeing Ncuti and Jodie together is lovely, and I am not saying it because I really like 13's Era (okay, maybe a bit because of that too-).

Outside this one excellent Moment, there were other nice Moments to it. Ncuti really tries his best with what he is given, basically all the Actors do. The Issue arrives for me that said Material is just a bit rubbish in my Eyes. The Dialogue feels akward at times and rarely if ever achieved what it set out to do. Plenty of Moments want you to feel emotional, but I just didn't. Of course there will be People, who will feel emotional and again all Power to them, but to me this feels at best like a first Draft.

Let's also get out of the Way one of the biggest Things: 15 regenerates. The Effect itself is rather lovely (which I am sorry I can't say for most of those Effects here, they feel very janky & are too much). I am sad to see 15 go, especially since I am still struggling to pinpoint down his Character. Having a surprise Regeneration is more than lovely, but who seems to be 16 less so. Don't get me wrong, Billie is a very good Actress and I will give her a fair shot, but to me, it feels like a desperate gimmicky Thing to do. "Hey you remember my golden Age? RTD1 Well, the Doctor has Rose's Face". Admittedly this is my first Impression, she is a good Actress and I will reverse Judgment until I see her having the Chance to show how she can be as the Doctor. My annoyance mainly comes down to Russel and his Times, I can't really hide my disappointment about it, but who knows? Maybe it will be good, even if my Faith in Russel is a bit non-existing.

I didn't talk about the Finale itself, did I? Well, it was super anti-climatic. I am still not a Fan of the Characterization of both Ranis. Dobison gets sidelined only to disappear. Meanwhile, Panjabi tries her very best with the Material she is given but gets eaten by the awful CGI Omega. Oh, Omega.. while this Design isn't bad by itself, for Omega it's just not fitting at all. Not to mention that the Doctor defeats him in less than 5 Minutes or so. Very anti-climatic after all the Build-Up.

Oh, did I mention Poppy? Let's talk about Poppy and Berlinda's Role in this Episode. One word: Awful. I will say I am glad that it seems like that Poppy isn't the Child of the Doctor & Berlinda anymore, but my God. I really didn't like this whole Plot at all. It has some decent Ideas and I like that we have looms basically in canon now thanks to it, but eh.. It's great that the Doctor sacrifices himself to 'save' Poppy, it feels very in-character, but do we really had to focus so much on this Character? Like, the entire Scene with Ruby trying to convince everybody that Poppy was real went on for too long and was frankly annoying. Not to mention that it hurts Berlinda's Character. While a cool Idea on Paper that Reality/Time(?) got written, and we find out that Berlinda wanted to get home because of Poppy, it actually feels insulting to reducing Berlindas Character to "Oh I have a Baby, and I am very concerned about her". Seriously, what happened in the last three Episodes, why is Berlinda like this now? She feels like a Character in her own right and more like a Character to be used in a Plot, it makes her feel like a non-presence. (Funny because she is basically in that room for all the Actions!)

I don't even know what I think about the resolution of Conrad and the other Baby. I guess the former was resolved okay-ish? Even if, I am unsure why Ruby would want to wish him Happiness after he basically lied to her, pretend he could be a Person she could trust and being responsible for the entire Wish World. Of course, Ruby isn't a Character who would go after revenge, but I don't know, that didn't sit right with me. The latter (the Wish Baby) was done okay, I guess.

Still not a Fan of this UNIT, be it their building, their Team or the Vlinx (I don't like you Vlinx).

As I mentioned, I wasn't a big Fan of the CGI here, at times it really didn't look great. The Directing felt a bit stiff, lots of 'Characters standing in a Room', a shame considering this Era had some great directing at times. The scoring was ehh.. I think Gold goes overboard making it hard to make out some dialogue at times and in general while I love Golds Music, I think he isn't one that brings much new to the Table currently.

Really while this Episode has one Scene, I love and some good Things to it, I don't feel like giving it anything higher than a 0.5/5 is justified (to me). At the end I felt frustrated and at times often bored watching this. It's a bad Narrative, that hardly worked with me and while there are some neat Ideas thrown in, it's a total mess, not helped by a less stellar Script. Overall, an Episode that leaves me very cold and annoyed.