I find this episode just watchable its your classic basic Doctor Who story and it works in most places. The Meep was excellent from it being innocent to then just pure evil which was a brilliant reveal even though a bit predictable. It's great to see David Tennant and Catherine Tate back and they play the characters like they never ever left.
Now the main complain people have about this episode is that it's still woke. Which this episode does have PC aspects but it's very forgettable. Rose being transgender shouldn't be criticised as woke I think Yasmin Finnay was good as Rose Noble and her being transgender merges in with the plot. However, I got to say the line "did you just assume its gender?" Wasn't called for and was a bit cringe. As well as the bit when its revealed the reason Donna was saying Binary at the end of Journey's End was because she would have a child who would identify as Non-Binary. Pretty sure people identifying as Non-Binary wasn't around during 2008.
The CGI has improved drastically, I'm not sure what the Sonic Screwdriver does now. They really made most of the money they received from Disney.
Overall I think it wasn't the greatest episode to start the 60th anniversary and a new big era of Doctor Who, but the episode is watchable to say the least.
Now the main complain people have about this episode is that it's still woke. Which this episode does have PC aspects but it's very forgettable. Rose being transgender shouldn't be criticised as woke I think Yasmin Finnay was good as Rose Noble and her being transgender merges in with the plot. However, I got to say the line "did you just assume its gender?" Wasn't called for and was a bit cringe. As well as the bit when its revealed the reason Donna was saying Binary at the end of Journey's End was because she would have a child who would identify as Non-Binary. Pretty sure people identifying as Non-Binary wasn't around during 2008.
The CGI has improved drastically, I'm not sure what the Sonic Screwdriver does now. They really made most of the money they received from Disney.
Overall I think it wasn't the greatest episode to start the 60th anniversary and a new big era of Doctor Who, but the episode is watchable to say the least.