Doctor Who has returned to our TV screens for its latest season, Fifteenth Doctor in tow. Happily “The Robot Revolution” is much better than the previous series opener, but given that was “Space Babies” that’s not saying much, instead I will say that as a companion introduction story it’s perfect, as a story overall? Not so much. Some ropey designs and some on-the-nose political and social commentary that I would’ve preferred to have been more subtle (though I get this is aimed at all ages…) knocks it down a peg or two. Still fun though, so let’s take a deeper look!

Another Doctor Who blu-ray set dropped, so it’s time for another review! Season 25-wise the story that I haven’t watched in the longest time was The Happiness Patrol, a weird bit of political commentary that’s caught between the super-child-friendly Season 24 mood and the more-serious (for Doctor Who) storytelling of Season 26. It… doesn’t entirely work, but there are some really good scenes in it though, especially the ending, so let’s take a look!

It’s time for a good old fashioned Russell T. Davies two-part finale, complete with world, nay universe-ending stakes and a returning foe. Strange feeling nostalgic for something that was only last done 10 or so years ago, but there you have it. Was it a good RTD finale though? Let’s find out and close out the Fifteenth Doctor’s first season.

I normally don’t like putting reviews of two of the same thing in a row on the site, but it’s been a very busy week at work (as tends to happen in the summer, sadly…) so back-to-back new Who episodes it is! Rogue was a strange one, on the one hand I enjoyed The Doctor exploring a more romantic side to himself, but on the other hand the rest of the story was quite generic. Not bad, but felt very samey. Still, Ncuti Gatwa pulls the story up with his performance yet again! Let’s take a look…

“Dot and Bubble” is a strange story to review. It starts off as a very on-the-nose look at modern society’s reliance on mobile phones and social media and then towards the end turns the spotlight on a much nastier and longer-lasting aspect of society instead in a really great last 10 minutes. Can the latter make up for the rest? Let’s take a look!

As the end credits rolled on “73 Yards” all I could think was “this was written by the same guy who wrote Space Babies…?” Yes, this episode is something of a marvel, a really great and creepy story that is also one of RTD’s beloved “Doctor-lite” episodes he used to do. This season of Doctor Who is on a hell of a hot streak now, it makes me even more confused about what episode they chose to open it with! Let’s take a look…