Someone should give him his own series, eh? “If you’re dealing with Daleks, you are way out of your depth” John Barrowman was charming and good value as ever, with precious little explanation of what he’d been up to in the years since we last saw him, but some lovely throwback gadgets. I’m not sure anybody had “and then they zorb their way out” on their bingo card, though. I think we all expected it would be Captain Jack who rescued the Doctor from space prison. It’s becoming quite the occupational hazard if you’ve been in No 10.Īs Leo Rugazzi, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett played the latest in a long line of misguided scientists and geniuses in Doctor Who who end up duped and controlled by the alien technology they are messing with. Harriet Walter played Prime Minister Patterson as cold and calculating, but nevertheless ended up the second British PM exterminated by the Daleks in recent years. The episode followed far more directly from Resolution than anticipated, but it was an extremely long slow burn of a setup before it got going.
All of us at the Guardian were devastated to lose Dan in 2020, but we didn’t want the festive special of Doctor Who to pass without giving you a chance to pay a tribute to him, or to discuss a New Year’s Day special that was … well … uneven at best. That episode was no Robot of Sherwood, Jo Patterson was no Harriet Jones, and I’m no Dan Martin. Let’s get the Judoon in the room out of the way. Because having met her, and then being without her, that’s worse”
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