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Doctor Who: Season 14, Episode 8 – Empire of Death

“Every sun is dead. The universe has come to a halt. And it is my fault.”

(SPOILER WARNING!)

Well, if it wasn’t obvious before, it certainly is now – Russell T Davies is definitely back. Empire of Death was everything we’d gotten used to from RTD season finales of old: a deadly threat to the entire universe; a ‘Davies ex machina’ McGuffin appearing out of nowhere to save the day; and a Big Reset Button that meant you could kill off whatever beloved character you like, because you could always bring them back. It was a rollicking rollercoaster ride of action and emotion that doesn’t really bear scrutiny if you stop to actually think about it too much. Just like all the season finales from 2005-2009, the last time Russell was in charge.

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Doctor Who: Season 14, Episode 7 – The Legend of Ruby Sunday

“You’ve seen my life. I bring disaster, Kate, disaster.”

(SPOILER WARNING!)

It seems like the new season of Doctor Who has barely started, but we’re already into the endgame with this jaw-dropping penultimate episode, the first of a big two-parter. A run of eight episodes is, sadly, pretty short to flesh out a new Doctor, particularly when he’s been virtually absent for two of those eight episodes – but Ncuti Gatwa has been as superb as I always knew he would be. This episode showed us more of that irrepressible joie de vivre, but coupled with the melancholy we’ve seen in the past, drawn from centuries of bad experiences which, rightly or wrongly, the Doctor considers himself responsible for.

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