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Though a bit conversant , Doctor Who S02E01 : " The Robot Revolution " is a stronger season opener than season one ’s : funny , camp , and serious .
This is a spoiler - loose critique of the premiere instalment ofDoctor Whoseason two . Yes , it ’s back , and so isNcuti Gatwaas the Fifteenth Doctor , this fourth dimension with a raw companion . Varada Sethuis Belinda Chandra , an A&E ( that ’s British for " ER " ) nurse in a London hospital . She ’s thrown into the thick of an risky venture in Space and Time when she ’s short grabbed by robots from outer blank because she ’s been crowned the queen of their planet . It ’s all veryHitchhiker ’s Guide to the Galaxywith a mix of camp silliness and death . That ’s a feature film ofDoctor Who , not a hemipteran , and you ’re either in for the drive thatRussell T. Daviesdesigned , or you ’re not .
New Companion, Feels Like a New Show That’s Still Doctor Who
" The Robot Revolution " feels like a Modern pilot forDoctor Who , but every time a new fellow is insert , the show feels young again , like a new medico ’s first episode . The part dynamic is different this time since the fellow traveller is an grownup professional lady instead of a teenager . Belinda already has a busy life dealing with patient every day in the infirmary before become home to mildly irritating flatmate who eat each other ’s food and do n’t do the washing up . Then the goofy but deadly robots from outer space show up and grab her because they declare her their world-beater and take her back to their planet to take the throne , and it ’s one civilization where being the queen really sop up . luckily , the Doctor has been chase after her and is already secret to help and help oneself take down the evil golem overlords and free the people , because that ’s what the Doctor does . But things do n’t never go as planned and Doctor and unexampled fellow have to improvise wildly to save the day .
This isDoctor Whoas a well - oiled political machine with a big Disney budget to show for it . It feels like a tighter re - do of the last season . Russell T. Davies concocted a timey - wimey secret plan that feels like he took cues from his buddySteven Moffat , and nothing incorrect with that . The Doctor - associate dynamic is different this time because not only is Belinda an adult who ’s not besotted with the Doctor , but she did not volunteer to go on a mad space - time escapade that could get her vote down . She call out the Doctor in ways he has never been before , and it ’s long overdue . It create some welcome dramatic event and conflict between them rather than having a companion agree with him all the clip . If there ’s a defect in this undoer , it ’s that it feels a tad familiar now because longtime watcher are familiar with the camp whimsy that Davy and Moffat have made part of the serial publication ' flavor throughout the 2000s . But comfort food is what we amount toDoctor Whofor , and what ’s unseasonable with that ?
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