The Woman Who Fell to Earth

Her acting seemed a bit forced and didn't seem like her own character, a lot of the lines were just forced comedy "what's this? A tongue clever boy biology" well done you smashed comedic writing there. Definitely seems like doctor who has decreased in quality, doesn't help that I keep thinking I'm watching The Chase..

An episode you'd expect mid season. Basic evil alien story that reminded me of a Predator movie. Would have worked fine if most of the episode was devoted to getting the new Doctor established. But not enough time introducing the new Doctor. And too much time introducing other characters. And when the Doctor was doing something, she was more like Macgyver. A new Doctor deserves a much better kick off.

Not much of a reviewer, so I'll just keep it simple:

Plot: Thank God we've moved away from the convoluted puzzleboxes of the Stephen Moffat era. This episode was easy to follow, chocked full of character moments, and was a fab introduction to Jodie Whittaker's acting chops. It's no eleventh hour, but certainly more enjoyable than Capaldi's debut.

Jodie: Although I loved Jodie's performance, I have to take issue with Chibnall's writing of her doctor. She seemed very 'Matt Smith' in the episode in her mannerisms, geekiness, etc... I hope Chibnall manages to distance Jodie's doctor from Smiths in the coming series. Aside from that, she fearlessly played the role with charisma and charm - excited to see her returning next week.

Series: My overall biggest praise I can give to the episode is the reintroduction of, well, normality. Moffat was a notoriously bad writer of families and communities, something which RTD excelled at. This episode excelled in how it presented Sheffield, and also the families/motivations behind our new companions. Let's hope the momentum keeps up, if it does we'll have some great character moments on the way.

So overall, my opinion is positive (hence over 5 stars), but the episode is more of a decent prelude to something which /could/ be fantastic. Its no Rose, but it's definitely a huge improvement.

How does one know something's past its time; when one can do Mad Libs; The sidekick is a (adj) (noun), who is (verb) which makes everything (adj). This makes everything so 'new', because having a(bother) (white male) is ((adverb).

Nothing against Ms Whitaker, not yet another else. This is just... tired.

Maybe - as sometime else (did correctly) say - this would be better had it been not the first, but a later episode. As it is, we don't have time machines, so we excited stuck with what we got.

I think Peter Capaldi got shafted. His iteration of the Doctor was dark, and perhaps that's not good for the kiddy-winkies, but, as an adult, I wanted to see more

A change is as good as a rest, let's hope Jodie is one of the best, with a new innovator, just where will he take her, new companions alongside and abreast.

Don't start as you mean to go on, this opener felt ever so slightly wrong, a new incarnation should go off like a bomb, with an episode twice as strong as King Kong. But it's still early days for the new Doctor, super fresh is the series concocter, he's conjured a curious group of companions, who I hope have the depth of Colorado's Grand Canyons. So we'll take this one square on the chin, put away our premature violin, develop some depth and thick skin, knowing Jodie will be the our linchpin (fingers crossed).