I'm in awe with this story for having such imaginative sci-fi concepts and for being able to juggle them perfectly while making a fascinating story with the characters and their development at their core.

The void, the Reflected (I loved the 8th Doctor paraphrasing Nietzsche and his famous quote, it felt so eerie), the Sinsa with her time-sensitive powers acting as a radar, the Eternal-like ship made of wood... Each one of them would have been enough in order to make a standard story interesting, but Tim Foley just had to put them all together and actually make it all work, hats off!

Friend and Alex are also outstanding here and Cass' cliffhanger was as good as I remembered.

If they do exist I hope the Reflected are explored further in another box set, as they were my favourite concept introduced in this story. A reflection of the ship you are on, with alternate versions of those on board, that mimicks everything the original ship does and that, if capable of getting away from the void, will become the original version forcing the rest out of existence. Yeah, amazing.

Are we back to 8th and Charlie levels of experimental stories? I hope the next boxset, Pursuit, truly delivers on that.

I absolutely adored this one. I'm really into the noir detective setting in stories and this one did not disappoint. It meshes the typical femme fatale trope with a mob story, but the protagonist is a shape shifting penguin that works as a private eye so I'm all set.

The voice over with Frobisher is great, plus the music is amazing in terms of setting the ambiance. The plot twist at the end is okay, and the resolution, although simple, is cool as a worker's rights message.

Robert Sherman is one of the greatest writers in Doctor Who.

I'm relistening this set as a preparation to the next one due in June. I got lost with this story the first time around, this time I focused and yeah, I liked it a lot. Cass is great here, the Mad Men groundhog setting is really fun (plus it is one of my favourite TV shows!) and the stitches in time surrounding the hospital is a really interesting idea. Plus, we get the first nudges towards the conflict that will sprout between Alex and the Doctor at the end of the box set.

The ABCD book was actually such a smart idea and I wonder if they got lucky, as the 4 main characters have those 4 letters first (well, B is nowhere to be found, but that's the point I guess, we'll see...)

I love what they are doing with Alex and tying it up with the end of the Lucie Miller series, I hope they do this justice in the next set.

Yeah the reveals were amazing, both Susan and the Rani are back!

We see the darkest side of this Doctor yet, which I really liked, although I hope there will be some sort of consequence to his actions in the next episodes. As this is something akin to the 10th Doctor imprisoning the Family of Blood or even the 7th Doctor blowing up Skaro (in terms of acting out of the Doctor oaths, not in terms of scale, obviously). I mean, Kid tried to kill 3 billion people yeah, but he was also victim of genocide (which reminds me of the discourse surrounding Kerblam!) so I hoped there would have been a more nuanced political statement in this episode. I hope the Hellian situation gets another episode so we can tackle these (relevant to our times) topics further and deeper.

Belinda was great here too, she got some really great scenes, especially reacting to the Doctor's madness.

I really liked this one, when Susan appeared I actually screamed hahaha

PS: Just to clarify, I think this episode tackled the political topics much much better than Kerblam! (not hard I know), I just would have liked a deeper commentary on the genocide and the fearmongering surrounding the Hellian people (I'm not expecting Doctor Who to be Andor, although it could work very well, RTD get Tony Gilroy in Season 3 pls). Although what we got was good, I understand this episode is an introduction to the two part finale and it did its job wonderfully!

Immensely imaginative, but dragged down by its pacing. Too quick, too much info in a small amount of time. Even then, the acting was amazing, the characters very compelling and I love that the Doctor's race is once again front and center as the episode tackles this topic wonderfully.

Oh, and my jaw dropped at THAT appearance (I actually rewinded the episode 10 seconds  as I thought I was hallucinating)

Get this writer back!

Edit: so there was another mad appearance that I instantly recognised and I can't tell where it is going but I'm excited, it's Captain Poppy!

The one I was least excited about, the one that has surprised me the most, for good. Great plotwist mid-way through (I kinda saw it coming, but was surprised nonetheless), amazing character work for Ruby, for UNIT and specially for Kate (she was amazing, I'm excited for the spin-off now). It tackles political and sociological topics extremely relevant in our time (fake news, the spread of hate and fear throughout social media in order to rally the masses behind far-right movements...)

Yeah this was amazing, I'm starting to see the theory that Pete McTighe could be the next showrunner as a good thing actually.

Edit: almost forgot, Ncuti at the end! I love when this Doctor goes dark like in Joy to the world.

I was beyond hyped for this, as I heard it was amazing. It is fair to say this was really good, although nowhere near my expectations. The first part is perfect, but the second gets a bit messy and soon loses the charm the first one had.I loved the riddle though. Anyway, it made the biggest blackout my country (Spain) has ever had a bit easier to get through, so yeah I really liked it.

Incredible character work alongside an amazing villain, with outstanding effects and with some incredibly funny and poignant fourth wall breaks (it was leaked online, RIP Doctor Who, hahaha). What more could you want from Doctor Who?

I loved 15's speech about toppling worlds when they face the racism of the era (I was relieved that Russel did not evade the topic) and the pacing felt great (in contrast with the previous episode). It left enough time for the viewers to get invested with Tommy Lee's mother and with the Projectionist. Belinda and the Doctor bond so much in this episode (just compare their interactions at the beginning and at the end with Belinda fussing over the Doctor getting scorched) and the defeat of Lux was actually great. The best way to defeat a god is to make it so it is everything, and it is nothing at the same time (felt whimsical and philosophical, which I love!)

This was the first episode I ever watched the day it was broadcasted (having just got caught up with New Who). I liked it, but as I hadn't watched Classic some of the references meant nothing to me. Now, this actually hits different. The story is still quite messy and it is one of the most nonsensical plans the Master has ever devised (which is saying something), but it is just so much fun. The nods to the Classic era are so well done, the characters are still as engaging as ever (Loved Ace being paired with Graham) and Dhawan's Master is one of the best (behind Missy for New Who imo). The last few scenes are beautifully written, the last conversation between Yaz and 13 is tear-jerking actually, I just wished her relationship would have been better developed across this era.

So yeah, great episode to end one of the most controversial periods of Doctor Who. As this is the last one, I'll say a few things about this era. I got to this part of my rewatch hoping that my negative views regarding 13 and her episode would change, and I can safely that they did! Mind you, there are some real stinkers here (Orphan 55, yes) but there were a few gems and some have even entered my top episodes of the whole show:

• The Haunting of Villa Diodati is, in my opinion, Jodie's (and 13's) best episode. The best showcase of how high her character could have gone with better direction and better scripts. I'm not going to beat around the bush, we got what we got, but she is a great Doctor and in some other episodes there are instances where you can see that, but there is no better example than in here.
• Demons of  the Punjab is what I believe her era should have put the focus on. More historicals, with heart and hope as the focus of the story. Learning about different cultures and conflicts that have shaped our world (as this show was originally intended to do, juggling sci-fi episodes with pure historicals).
• Honorary mentions: Village of the Angels, It Takes You Away, The Ghost Monument (yes, I love it), Fugitive of the Judoon.

Plus, I'm actually a big fan of the Fugitive Doctor and Division. The scenes in Flux where the focus was on this part of the Doctor's life were my favourite of the arc.

And I can somewhat get behind the idea surrounding the Timeless Child (it could have been better handled, let's hope RTD2 does something interesting with it).

So yeah, this era was great in some instances, not so great in others, but at least it gave us Doctor Who at a point where the show could have ended (funnily enough it is a recurring theme in this fandom)

My favourite 13th Doctor episode. She is brilliant here. I love her interactions with the Lone Cyberman, the speech about the not so flat team structure when there's real danger, and her losing in the end in order to save one life. Plus the horror vibes are on point. One of the best in all of New Who.