Baaron95

I just wanted to preface this by saying: I actually like Jodie. I think she's a great actor, but was let down by terrible writing, boring stories and most of all awful direction.

From the first scene Ncuti commands the screen. He's charismatic, cool, funny and fun. The spotlight is on him, because he IS the Doctor. I never bought Jodie as the Doctor. Ncuti, it was instant.

Between the barmy story and the brilliant acting on show from Ncuti, Millie and the rest, this is honestly off to a fantastic start.

It's been so long since I've been genuinely excited for the next episode of Doctor Who to come out.

RTD is back and Doctor Who is campy and fun again!

Firstly, the story itself was boring, full of endless exposition, most of which made no sense whatsoever in a desperate attempt to make 13 sound super smart. 2 of the main characters in this episode are pirates, you know, murderers, rapists, thieves? Giving awful people heroic stories is just sad, I assume because #stopasianhate is the new trend.

Don't get me started on the visual effects, I haven't seen CGI that bad since The Lazurus Experiment.

The forced romantic sub-plot needs to go. It sucked with 10 and Rose, 10 and Martha, 11 and Amy and 11 and Clara. Can we please just stop it? I'm begging you. They are over 1000 years old at this point. The Doctor/companion dynamic is fine with just being friends. That's why most people love 10 and Donna so much.

I think most of us are crossing our fingers that RTD and Bad Wolf can fix this mess. I guess time will tell.