After rewatching "Wild Blue Yonder," I realized that it's my actual favorite RTD2 era episode. It's very creepy, and I love the idea of the Doctor meeting an antagonist that he can't safely think around since his cleverness is what keeps him alive.

My brother watched "Lucky Day" with me, and afterwards he told me that he'd always thought that Kate's a lesbian. Honestly? I see the vision.

I enjoyed seeing the psychological impact that traveling with the Doctor has on Ruby, because that's not explored with former companions very often. Conrad is further proof that uninformed conventionally attractive white male reactionaries with podcasts will contribute to the destruction of the world /hj. Conrad being the antagonist was the most predictable "twist" I've ever seen. I am sick of the RTD2 era constantly uncritically praising UNIT, and I would like a break from them unless the writers stop glazing them.

Even though I’d already seen the leaks, the planet being Midnight still felt like a good twist. I liked “The Well” and how it didn’t try to explain too much about the antagonist and therefore lose the mystery that made “Midnight” work so well.

"Lux" was one of the episodes that I was most excited for this season, and it did not disappoint! I adored the mixing of animation and live action. Alan Cumming was fantastic as Mr. Ring a Ding! My mother and I audibly gasped when he did the giggle and the letters on the marquee rearranged to spell harbinger. I got really emotional while watching the scene with the fans (shoutout to Bronté Barbé for being fabulous in both the recent off-West End production of Newsies and this episode) when the music from Matt Smith's era was played. So far, "Lux" is my favorite episode of the RTD2 era.

Edit: after rewatching "Wild Blue Yonder," I realized that's actually my favorite RTD2 era episode.

“The Robot Revolution” isn’t going to be one of my new favorite episodes, but it was a solid episode and a good way to start the series. Incels are the true antagonists of both Doctor Who and life.

Wooden Heart had an interesting premise, but the characters and plot were flat.

This entire episode feels like Stephen Moffat jumping up and down and saying how clever he is.

I read this because of the TARDIS Guide forum book club. The Last Dodo was a 7/10 for me; it’s not one of my favorite NSAs (although I haven’t read most of them), but I think the museum of extinct species is a very interesting concept!

"The Fires of Pompeii" was one of my favorite episodes when I was younger, and I was hyped when I started Latin class, and Caecilius, Metella, and Quintus were features in the textbook. I just showed it to some of my friends who've never watched Doctor Who before, and this has inspired them to go back and start at season 1 of NuWho!!!