I went into this with very low expectations as I’d heard a lot of bad things about chibnalls era in general and the ghost monument specifically but it really wasn’t that bad.

I can see the beginnings of the common criticisms of this era, the very interesting premise was underused, the side characters just started spouting whole tragic backstories in one big exposition, the companions didn’t really get much use, at least not that I liked, the   gun argument felt very pointlessly pointed and out of line with the doctors actual moral beliefs on violence, the sonic was used as a crutch.

So it’s not without flaws but honestly it was still fun and I did enjoy it.The race premise was really cool, the episode was visually great and I do really enjoy 13’s snarky witty little jibes, also the new tardis interior is *gorgeous*

If the ‘actual quality vs what I’ve heard of the quality online’ of the whole era is similar to this one episode I’m optimistic about how much I’m gonna like it.

Pretty mediocre episode would’ve been perfectly fine but to understand the aliens voice i had to turn the sound up to level where everyone else’s voices hurt my ears, the whole thing gave me a headache lmao. Some interesting ideas that weren’t that developed, still it seems like they’ll come back to this at some point.

overall eh