If you thought Russell T Davies was going to dial down the messaging in his second full season back running Doctor Who, you can forget it, as this run of eight episodes opens with an adventure on a world that new companion Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) literally calls “Planet of the Incels”.
Ncuti Gatwa is on sound form as the Doctor, but pushed a little into the background in an episode that is all about introducing our new main character. Belinda’s decision to send a signal that will summon the robots, knowing it might bring death to all those around her, felt like one of the most dangerous things a companion has done since Clara was travelling with the Time Lord.
