Space Babies

The chemistry between Ruby and the Doctor was fantastic. They clearly feel off each other as actors and you can just feel the casual connection they have with each other. Gatwa and Gibson physical interaction was the feel of long time friends and shows genuine fun and warmth between the characters. I have a feeling that along with their superb acting will generate a lot of positivity towards this episode. I think after a couple of seasons (since 2 is confirmed with Gatwa) that this will be viewed as one of the weakest episodes.

On to the story, Davies has always had political or social undertones. None of them detracts from the story even though they were clearly complaints/comments. The writing was clearly meant to be juvenile. 6 years olds in onsies. Overall, but the overall poop, smell, and dirty diaper jokes throughout the story is classical low hanging fruit that Davies gets fixated on sometimes. Tarnished a story with a lot of energy and chemistry along with some really funny buts and some scary moments.

Disappointing start to the new season, boggies and fart jokes dont really cut it for me. I had high expectations and wanted to really like it, but a poor opening to the season.

The doctor and Ruby have good chemistry just suffered from a poor script and lame jokes, joking for more from ep 2 and the rest of the season.

Lots of money coming in from Disney but needs to be put into better scripts and jot just thr special effects, which were great, but they never really made doctor who the storylines did.

The bringing on of Disney viewers to the whoniverse was great and best part of the episode, of course I'll be back for more and see how it goes ....

Growing up with Doctor who in the 70s and 80s I always liked how it treated its viewers respectfully and credited them with intelligence. Even as a 50 something watching Tennant, Smith and Eccleston I still enjoyed the reboot and found them well written. This episode however is the poorest I have ever seen due mostly to plot and themes. Ncuti Gatwa needs better episodes written if he's going to stand the test of time. Massive budgets and charisma from Ncuti don't compensate for lame stories about space babies. Theres a paint drying video on YouTube that's more interesting. Let's see what the rest of the season brings!

I am a Doctor Who fan since the new era in 2005.

I was a bit down on doctor who for the last seasons as i did not like the showrunner and the way they moved with the show but i stucked in.

I was kinda hyped for Russel T Davies to be back and even i am an Moffat Fanboy i kinda liked Davies stories.

I likes the Special Episodes and also the first episode i think was kinda fun.

This episode made me stop watching and i have not yet watched episode 3+ yet half a year in ... This episode is SO UNBELIEVABLE bad that i dont even know if its the worst doctor who episode, or the worst episode of any show in tv history.

I encourage everyone to skip this episode or you end like me and stop watching it all together.

I don't know how many times this needs to be said. Classic Doctor Who worked because it never patronised its audience. Never treated the show as a show for children. It was science fiction written by intelligent writers that could be enjoyed by adults and children alike.

I don't know how they can get this so wrong. You have the genius idea of being able to place the story anywhere in time and space which opens up a world of possibility. And the best they can come out with is Space Babies. And bogies. I mean come on.

I have to say I really want to like Ncuti and Millie but again the acting seems very forced and far too hyper.

Here's hoping it picks up because that was an awfully weak opening which does not augur well.