Stories Television Doctor Who Season One Episode: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Space Babies 19 images Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 29 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 18 Transcript + Script Overview First aired Saturday, May 11, 2024 Written by Russell T Davies Directed by Julie Anne Robinson Runtime 49 minutes Time Travel Past, Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Dinosaurs, First TARDIS trip, Mavity, Political commentary, Space Station Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Susan Twist, Ruby's mother Inventory (Potential Spoilers!) TARDIS key, Sonic Screwdriver Location (Potential Spoilers!) Wyoming, Earth, Space, USA UK Viewers 4.01 million Appreciation Index 75.4 Synopsis Ruby learns the Doctor's amazing secrets when he takes her to the far future. There, they find a baby farm run by babies. But can they be saved from the terrifying bogeyman? Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Fifteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa Ruby Sunday Millie Gibson The Bogeyman Show All Characters (3) How to watch Space Babies: Watch on iPlayer Watch on Disney+ Doctor Who Unleashed BTS on YouTube Blu-Ray Season One [Steelbook] Blu-Ray Season One DVD Season One Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 29 reviews 7 April 2025 · 106 words Review by joeymapes21 1 A baffling choice for a series opener - yes, it has the introductions necessary, but these are rushed and rehashed of The End of the World. The plot is not constructed well to bring and entice new viewers to invest - the story is weak, and just not anything to encourage viewers to keep watching. Overall, I don't hate this story though, and there are aspects I certainly enjoy - Gatwa and Gibson's performances are still fantastic. Additionally, some great humour, line delivery and general pace are enjoyable enough. It just feels like a filler episode in a series which is too short to justify this. joeymapes21 View profile Like Liked 1 29 March 2025 · 3 words Review by jamesnneill Rewatched 2025-03-29 (⭐⭐⭐) jamesnneill View profile Like Liked 0 18 March 2025 · 22 words Review by Azurillkirby 1 I genuinely LOVED this episode. I had a massive smile across my face the entire time. So so so much fun. S. Azurillkirby View profile Like Liked 1 17 March 2025 · 49 words Review by ImpossibleGirl 1 I like the concept of Space Babies but when they are talking to the babies it feels weird but I can let that slide for this one. The plot was okay and the Bogeyman was good. Joselyn is a good character. For me it's the worst episode of season 1. ImpossibleGirl View profile Like Liked 1 13 March 2025 · 63 words Review by atomicpeace 1 I don't want to be overly harsh, but I just could not get into this story. I know Doctor Who frequently strays into absurdity, and I don't think the titular space babies inherently have to be bad, but I just was not fond of the execution for how they were portrayed, and was not super interested in the story and conflict at large. atomicpeace View profile Like Liked 1 Show All Reviews (29) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating847 members 2.62 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. Rating721 votes 2.97 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 1193 Favourited 37 Reviewed 29 Saved 4 Skipped 1 Related Stories Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Target Collection Space Babies Rating: 3.33 Story Skipped Book Reviews(1) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Target Collection Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite RUBY: But hold on. I can't call you Doctor. No, I want to know your name. DOCTOR: Yeah, that's er... that's tricky, because I was adopted, and the planet that took me in, they were kind of... they were kind of posh. They'd use titles like the Doctor, or the Bishop, or the Rani, or the Conquistador. Say Doctor for a thousand years and it becomes my name. — Space Babies Show All Quotes (18) Open in new window Transcript + Script [TARDIS] (Ruby has walked into the unlocked TARDIS at the end of The Church on Ruby Road.) RUBY: Who are you?DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor. You don't have to stand over there. Come and have a look. It's called the TARDIS. (Snaps his fingers and the lighting changes.) RUBY: Ooo! Nice! But hold on. I can't call you Doctor. No, I want to know your name.DOCTOR: Yeah, that's er... that's tricky, because I was adopted, and the planet that took me in, they were kind of... they were kind of posh. They'd use titles like the Doctor, or the Bishop, or the Rani, or the Conquistador. Say Doctor for a thousand years and it becomes my name.RUBY: Okay. The planet. Parking that. Thousand years, double parked. So you're a doctor, but you're... the police?DOCTOR: Police box. No. No, no, no, no, that's a disguise.RUBY: Oh.DOCTOR: Inside, it's a Time and Space machine, but outside, it's like a chameleon, 'cos once I landed in 1963 and they used to have police boxes on street corners.RUBY: 1963?DOCTOR: Yep.RUBY: Okay. Ooo, jukebox. I like that.DOCTOR: Mmm.RUBY: Okay, so, back to the planet.DOCTOR: My world was called Gallifrey.RUBY: Gallifrey? And where's that?DOCTOR: Gone! Ruby, it's gone. It's gone. They died. There was a genocide, and they died. So the one that was adopted was the only one left. I am the last of the Time Lords. And I am so, so glad to be alive. This thing flies. Do you want to see? Show Full Transcript Open in new window View Script (PDF)
