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I mean, there are just so many things poorly explained sci-fi wise... Feels like Russel wasn't really trying to write a convincing sci-fi story. The sci-fi story overall is boring. Seems the only purpose is to quickly go over the sci-fi part then we can watch the sarcasm part, which is the real main course.

But the sarcasm is great. It's really Black Mirror-ish. You get to feel for the main character Lindy, and hate her in the same time. And some of the clues are kinda subtle, you probably need to read some comments and rewatch this episode to get it.

Also Ncuti's performance is exceptional - I love it when he was given some depth and tension, rather than being the always happy and confident doctor.

To be honest, I really like the character development in this episode. For the first time, I can understand the companions as unique individuals with feelings and desires - instead of just some Earth hitchhikers who willingly follows Doctor all the time. I'm deeply moved by the story of Yaz.

Doctor's character is also cute - the "socially awkward" part is a bit contradictory to her outgoing personality, but it works well for me because it reminds me of Peter Capaldi. Jodie's performance is great as always.

However, the sci-fi story SUCKS! The entire story is explained in a five-minute cartoon (the cartoon is cute and creative though) and the crisis is solved also in five minutes - can you find a more perfunctory DW story in the new era?????? (I haven't watched all Classic Who episodes, but I doubt if there are worse stories) I hope Chibnall let someone write sci-fi parts olease!

If I can rate things separately, I'll rate the character development as 8/10 and the sci-fi part as 1/10.