Doctor Who 1x01 "Space Babies" Post-Episode Discussion Thread

[u/PCJs_Slave_Robot]

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[u/unpopularculture]

Pretty much the definition of a mixed bag. Ncuti was outstanding, and some of the humour landed very well. Certain emotional beats were on-point (snow scene) but others completely missed the mark (bogeyman rescue). The story was very basic and didn't really resonate with me. The ways in which it was bad were quite different from the ways that Chibnall episodes were bad though.

[u/jinxedit48 → u/unpopularculture]

Yeah it was….. fine. Kinda a miss if I’m honest. Little boring. Much preferred the second episode of this release

[u/kalepaste → u/jinxedit48]

I felt like it was off that they establish it's odd to force babies into the world without a plan to take care of them, but aren't willing to abort the one creature into space that is a threat to the mothership and have no plan for how to integrate it in with the other babies.

I wouldn't be surprised if they originally had it destroyed, but then rewrote it because it was too on the nose.

[u/theivoryserf → u/kalepaste]

I think they needed one more rewrite if they didn't want 'on the nose'

[u/Exl24 → u/[deleted]]

i personally dont think DW is getting caned any time soon. especially with Disney procuring the streaming rights from the 60th onward and them filming ncuti's season 2 now and writing his 3 as we speak.

[u/Openil → u/[deleted]]

Yeah nah, i ain't leaving a good review because you liked it, I'll review based on how i liked it thanks.

[u/jambrown13977931 → u/[deleted]]

That’s stupid. If something is bad then either cancel it or fix it. Leaving good reviews on bad things just makes the writers think they’re on the right track.

[u/Whomp___ → u/jambrown13977931]

Holy man, Thats def correct since now I have -58 likes