Oh man, coming back on a rewatch and I just didn’t enjoy it all that much. Coming out of Eccleston’s era where each episode had some sort of message to say about humanity or the world at large, this episode comparatively lacks immensely in substance. There’s some clever jokes but there’s also a lot of uncomfortable objectification that gets excused by Cassandra’s vanity. It’s very silly, which isn’t a bad thing but there isn’t as much to balance it out. Also, this is where the flirtation between Rose and Ten amps up and becomes a fundamentally different vibe from her dynamic with Nine, which I’m just not a huge fan of.

Don’t know why people don’t like New Earth. Rewatching it a couple years ago and it was so refreshing to see the leads just care about other people. Zombie horror but the zombies can be saved. Ten and Rose are also super cute, and the body swapping stuff is fun as hell.

New Who Review #15

New Earth

This story was OK. We Are on the planet new earth and cassandra is back who we all remember from the end of the world. Gonna be honest cassandra is very forgettable but it was interesting to know her from the 2 story's. The body swapping was a fun idea. The sisters of plenitude were a good villain. Playing nice at first and then we find out their secrets. I'm gonna give this story a 6/10

This episode is just plain fun. Cassandra the skin flap makes an unexpected return, and her possession shenanigans give David Tennant and Billie Piper the opportunity for some wonderfully silly performances. On the other end of the tonal spectrum, Cassandra's sendoff is genuinely quite compelling for a character who was introduced as being a "love-to-hate"-type antagonist at best. Additionally, the makeup on the cat nurses is astonishingly good, especially for such an early episode in the revival. Does the solution to the sick-clones make sense? Not really. Do I wish we'd gotten more of a look into New (New New New New...) New York proper? Certainly. But for all the episode's shortcomings, it's carried by its tight pacing and great character banter.

Not a bad episode but not one of my favorites for sure

We get the return of Cassandra, this time with a body swapping ability that creates some funny moments. The Doctor destroys the cat nun's laboratory and frees all the diseased slaves. I think this could have been a more interesting situation if he got to see the effects of that on the medicine of New Earth. The way he cures them is kinda nonsensical but it's handwaved, I don't really hate it that much

Maybe this episode would have been better with a little shop