Written by: Russell T Davies

Directed by: Alex Sanjiv Pillai

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    10 days ago

    Emotional payoffs — yeah, there needs to be a balance with narrative logic (even when that hinges on the Doctor being a rule-breaking smartass, or his companion suddenly acquiring superpowers) and both “Empire of death” and “Reality war” capsized a bit.

    Belinda being Poppy’s mum all along — we saw her living in that depressing flatshare in “Robot revolution”, though. And why would Mundy Flynn’s ancestor be the mother of Captain Poppy’s spitting image? I really feel this (and probably the previous) season would have benefited from a good script doctor once-over before going into production…