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Richard Edwards

Doctor Who 'Dot and Bubble': Why are space slugs eating influencers in Finetime?

A scene from the Doctor Who episode 5 Dot and Bubble.

There's trouble in paradise — and for the social media-obsessed residents of Finetime, it runs much deeper than wearing the wrong outfit. In the fifth episode of "Doctor Who," called"'Dot and Bubble," a city has been invaded by giant, human-eating space slugs, and they seem to have a plan.

With the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and his companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) trapped on the edge of town, the duo make contact with Lindy Pepper-Bean (Callie Cooke) in the hope she can help them save the day. But while the Doctor-on-a-screen format has echoes of classic Weeping Angels episode "Blink," Lindy is no Sally Sparrow. Instead, she's the unwitting focus of a "Black Mirror"-esque satire on social media, in which we gradually realize that Finetime is rotten to its core. 

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