It was better than Space Babies, the blinovitch limitation effect scene was absolutley gorgeous, and I love the pulpy 1950s aesthetic that Missbelindachandra One has, the colours are nice too. The story is...half baked, I can see what it's trying to do, there's not much to say. It's no great idea or statement but it seems RTD isn't all that fussed about making strong impressions in his Episode 1s.

watched this when it came out and I really miss Belinda’s character at the beginning of the season. She deserved better

[Review for S15]

This season started off so well man & was such a high until ep 7, at least for me. It's absolutely we not only got a mid finale but such a messy ending for 15, who had so much potential. He deserved better.

welcome back 80s who cotton candy coloured ultraviolance. overall brilliant episode however pacing was all over the place and some of the dialogue was pretty out there but otherwise a breezy and fun start to a new season. the completely out of pocket horrible moments made the episode and 'polish polish' has now become a vocal stim.

Overall I had quite a bit of fun with The Robot Revolution.  Belinda gets a great introduction even if the dynamics around her mystery feel very familiar to Clara.  I love the look of the Robots and their alien world feels very fleshed out and well realized through production.  The story felt a little too simple and over-explained.  I didn't hate the idea of an incel taking over this world and obsessing over Belinda - it wasn't a bad idea for a story - but I definitely didn't need the story to explain itself so explicitly.  By outright saying they were riffing on the incel online phenomenon, I feel like production instantly dated their own episode and it isn't going to age the story well or give it a timeless feel to it.  Still it was a lot of fun overall and definitely left me excited for the rest of the season.  As a companion introduction story it is very, very successful in that regard.

I do also love how Who stories in the RTD2 era feel so big and expansive.  Every story really feels like it has these layers to it.  The Doctor spending all this time on this world building up a revolution gave the setting a lot more weight than it would have as a one-off location otherwise.  I love the implied relationship he had with Sasha 55.  It reminds me of a few plot lines from the Invincible comics, as well as the energy and what I liked about Joy to the World.  Every adventure with the 15th Doctor feels big and significant because we really take our time getting to know our setting and how our main characters are responding to it, which is something that gives each episode a lot of weight and significance to it that feels much more rare in pretty much every other era of Doctor Who - even compared to most Classic Who stories.