He Who Moans Reviews: Doctor Who: The Tsuranga Conundrum

[@jeckjeck3119]

How did Chibnall make the story about space hospital, doctor, her companions, an energy eating green frog and a pregnant man into a boring episode is beyond me.

[@ShamrockParticle]

The episode is so slap dashed with everything going on it's like he's insulting series 11's own fans

[@ShamrockParticle]

@@natejackman7705 it figures 🤣

[@freemantle85]

He has a gift

[@WalrusisintheMatrix]

This episode felt like one of those Doctor Who novels I used to read as a kid, where the only way you can tell what incarnation of the doctor you're reading about is from the cover.

[@soarel325]

The best way to describe Chibnall’s era so far has been “aggressively mediocre”

[@dancrocker9318]

honestly it's because he insisted on writing 5 episodes for the series. Man is a control freak without the skill to follow through. That's a massive workload for one person, and the other authors have been great this year.

[@maldon3659]

the pting and all the other villains this season, make me miss the daleks, the cybermen, the silurians, the autons, the ice warriors and hell even the slitheen.

[@ThePonderer]

Ryan Law meh. Not really a villain/monster driven season.

[@TheCrippledEgg]

It almost feels like Chibnall intentionally made the new villains underwhelming so the fans start demanding the return of iconic villains, unlike recent series where people kept complaining about them being overused.

[@WalrusisintheMatrix]

Chibnall: failing in the most mundane ways possible until he inevitably leaves next year.

[@ShamrockParticle]

Or next year or 2 years after that, no matter how mundane and forgettable these episodes are

[@defrostedrobot77]

"Watching The Tsuranga Conundrum is like going to your doctor and having them explain your illness." PERFECT!

[@bloodrunsclear]

3:07 Here's what I heard, even in the broadcast. It sounds like glossolalia... *General Cicero? Not THE Cicero! Keebadalexi! Neuropilot! Yer mentioned in the book of celebrants! Defeated the army of the eels in the back of the underkined!*

[@09philj]

I thought it was kind of fun, even though it was hugely incompetently assembled. Not having the space gremlin eat the android was a bizarre missed opportunity though. 13 fangirling over a soldier came off as quite weird given how anti-violence she'd been in the episode prior. Graham and Ryan are, as always, the best things in it. Next time, an excellent pure historical about the partition of India and an interesting sci fi story about time travelling alien funeral directors are forced to share the same fifty minutes, to both the detriment of both, but not to the extent that it's terrible.

[@bigspongeyfan1]

JackIntheBox I thought the aliens complimented the human story well but again clunky exposition esp from Ryan and I really don’t think this episode belongs in the same series as Rosa - it’s too similar in tone and ideas (it’s just odd to me that a showrunner would ever consider these episodes coexisting in this series, no doubt the episodes have been reshuffled as we ended up with so much chibnall in first half)

[@Warmishcookies]

@JackIntheBox I didn't notice the hypocrisy of the Doctor fangirling until you pointed it out. It definitely is weird though

[@robd9413]

The Pting kept reminding me of Nibbler from Futurama (especially in the "where did that go" way it ate the ship; consume parts larger than it was in seconds).

[@AnimatedIsaac]

I think what I really like about your reviews is that, even when you're being negative about an overall episode, your review is so well written and the jokes so well done that it's still so much fun to watch! Even the times when I disagree with your verdict I still love watching your opinion. That is a rare gift.

[@TheJaviferrol]

I hope im not sounding unfair but Jodie aint working for me as the Doctor: on one hand shes trying too hard to do something halfway between Tennant and Smith but on the other her Doctor is one dimensional and has 0 depth. Bradley Walsh on the other hand is likeable, has charisma and is actually the Grandad figure the Doctor should be. Yaz simply sucks

[@Ben-vf5gk]

I don't think the Doctor always has to be a grandad figure. I do like Whittaker but there isn't anything new about her version. Kinda like McCoy in his first series.

[@TheJaviferrol]

@@Ben-vf5gk Which was done in a rush after the previous actor was fired, no script editor for a while and half the usual production time cause they initially told JNT theyd give him a different position but then backtracked. You can hardly compare. Jodie had over 15 months of build up

[@Ben-vf5gk]

@@TheJaviferrol Maybe, but I think the point still stands. All they decided was to do with Sylvester's Doctor was make him funnier and warmer to counter the percieved harshness of the previous Doctor. Tennant, Smith, Troughten and Tom Baker were all quirky, funny Doctors and they're amongst the most popular so why wouldn't they do a similar thing again? Especially with a Doctor that a lot of people decided they didn't like from the moment she was cast. And to be fair, it is hard after over 50 years of different Doctors to find a completely original approach for the character.

[@Ben-vf5gk]

I'm not saying its the best approach to play it safe. I'd rather they try and do something new but I can empathise with why 13 is the way she is.

[@WhiskeyBrewer]

I actually see more of McGann and Smith than Tennant

[@meris8486]

Ah yes, the episode that almost made me give up on the series, it's fortunate that Demons was actually good.

[@francisbarraclough959]

I think Tauranga conundrum would've worked if Beep the Meep was the monster of the week

[@markpostgate2551]

Beep the Meep knew how to work his cuteness. No one within the episode seemed to notice the P'Ting was cute, which rendered the subverted expectations element a bit pointless. The whole point with Beep the Meep is Sharon and her friends, and even the Doctor, assumed that Beep was in need of protection and the ugly creatures trying to track it down must be the bad guys. So for Beep cute was a feature; for the P'ting it just seems like a bug.

[@francisbarraclough959]

@@markpostgate2551 it still would've been cool

[@MrMaster7112765]

The only Dr who episode I've ever watched where I turned it off partway through .

[@oisinjadran]

You’ve convinced me to watch The Space Pirates

[@SamyulDavis]

Arachnids was the major clanger for me. Not sure how people were so indifferent to it. But then again, Tsuranga Complex was a highpoint of the series for me.

[@Ben-vf5gk]

Eh, Arachnids has one saving grace for me. The scenes with Graham in his home without his wife, those were great. Did you enjoy Demons and Kerblam?

[@bigspongeyfan1]

I get ya. I liked the campness of arachnids but wish they’d taken it further so it was just a distinct campy giant spider episode where you don’t need an explanation and can focus on yaz and family reacting to it. Tsuranga I enjoyed at the time because of P’Ting and I’d settled into Chibs’ exposition to the point where it felt like Chibnalism bingo. My least favourite is probs ep 2 cuz it just wanders round without putting the characters thru the labours that it really promised to whilst pausing for backstories.

[@benw4409]

I think Arachnids worked because it knew it was a stupid b-movie with rubbish science and cheesy monsters, therefore you could embrace the rubbish elements of it and just go along with how silly it wa, sorta like Horns of Nimon or Voyage of the Damned. Tsuranga Conundrum wanted to be a serious base under the siege but had a silly monster and no tension therefore it felt empty, at least to me.

[@orienday3430]

You should do a video with stubagful. Also fuck arachnids

[@TheCrippledEgg]

I thought Arachnid was the only bad episode for me so far. Tsuranga is very meh.

[@iain9757]

I feel the pregnant man was boring like it’s a sci fi show Did RTD have pregnant men in his future hospital? No because he has an imagination

[@Carabas72]

RTD had furry nuns in his hospital. Feel the imagination.

[@attenberg]

Iain 97 Well, he had cats...

[@mathieuleader8601]

this episode would have been ideal for the Viyrans to make the races first televised appearance

[@iain9757]

It wasn’t much of a conundrum was it ?

[@benw4409]

Without a doubt the weakest episode of the series. Not completely awful (the first ten minutes are great) but it's so derivative and bland. It looks nice and isn't franchise destroyingly terrible but compared to the next two episodes it is without a doubt the worst we have gotten this series. Still, if this is the worst we're getting then this season is in good hands as I wouldn't put this anywhere near my worst new series stories list.

[@TheCrippledEgg]

I think Chibnall’s era will be more middle-of-the-road than the last two. It won’t have the same highs like Blink or Heaven Sent, but also won’t have the same lows like Love and Monsters or Hell Bent.

[@benw4409]

I'd say Demons of the Punjab and also Rosa both qualify as highs but I agree I think it will have less lows. I'm just happy to keep getting episodes like Ghost Monument and Kerblam! which are far from the best episodes but are still very enjoyable pieces of television and as long as we get the occasional standout from time to time and no absolute failures I think the franchise is in good hands for now.

[@ThePonderer]

Super Skully as some who actually likes Hell Bent, I generally agree. I’ve always been a bigger fan of Chibnall’s stuff than most. With rare exception I think his DW work is always at LEAST an interesting and enjoyable episode of television. That said, he’s never written a Heaven Sent or a Midnight, and I really don’t know if he has one of those in him. Still, I’m appreciating his approach to the broad strokes of the show so much (bigger character focus, no forced mystery box arc, etc) that that might counterbalance his own individual episodes being more “middle of the road” and less “peaks and valleys”. RTD and Moffat wrote some tea masterworks in their time, but I find their general approach to running the series was less to my tastes than Chibnall’s.

[@britishnerd3919]

I think that sums up the whole series so far.

[@bezzaderbane9890]

Theyre all derivative this is Dr Who its been on TV for now 60 years and it has it's tropes, this is one of them. Duno what you expect from a base under siege plot cos whatever it is, its been done a hundred times over.

[@kbg12ila]

I forgot the rest of the episode but that scene at the start when the doctor admitted she was wrong was so great! I can't wait for your reviews of the next two. Both great imo!

[@iain9757]

This episode will only be remember for the P’Ting

[@her0880]

You've commented at least 5 times why don't you edit your comment to add something, unless your on mobile then that's understandable.

[@iain9757]

Corrupted Hero 1) why do you care

[@iain9757]

Corrupted Hero 2)you know the more comments the more interaction

[@iain9757]

Corrupted Hero 3)none of my points are really related in anyway to each other

[@iain9757]

Corrupted Hero 4)no one wants to read long comments especially on KZbin

[@JacksonCoYT]

I wonder if the scripts specify that all dialogue should spoken and acted in the same boring endless tone.

[@bezzaderbane9890]

The show suffers the same issue it will always suffer as long as each story is only one episode long and that is too much exposition to cram into too small a time frame, if the show was the same as the old days they would have time to introduce the guest characters develop them so you can care about them, execute the story plot and then ofcourse wrap each thread up etc but with a single episode they've got to race through the whole thing with the Doctor talking at a million miles an hour just dumping exposition all over the place so they can get it wrapping up by the last ten minutes and it's never going to work.

[@sirjedisentinel]

I missed the constant exposition. I guess I was annoyed by the design of the Pting "Okay. The monster is this vicious beast that can rip & tear through metal, and has toxic skin... What do we got?" "Something cute that you'd sell as a plushie"

[@MarcelNL]

Okay okay, subscribed! This channel definitely deserves more views!

[@willlegok9]

5:25 Yoss Inkl isn't human; he is a Gifftan.

[@katerwaul9574]

One would be forgiven for thinking otherwise, since it seems that the majority of aliens this series look exactly like humans.

[@willlegok9]

@@katerwaul9574 Sure, he looks human but I would expect most people to pick up on the fact that he's alien: "Oh, you're a Gifftan. Male pregnancies last a week. Very intense."

[@ThePonderer]

Yeah, I’m in the minority in that I *REALLY* liked this one. Possibly my new favorite Chibnall episode. For an ensemble this big I didn’t feel like I lost track of anyone, I found all the characters endearing, and the stuff with Ryan and fatherhood was great. Eve and Darkus have a great sibling dynamic, and I felt this episode was a *great* showcase for Chibnall and Jodie’s combined grasp of the Doctor’s character. The scenes where she’s talking to Mabli about hope and imagination, and the one where she almost loses it talking about the anti-matter engine, that was some great stuff. Really the weakest part was the guy playing Astos, who just gave a straight up bad performance.

[@maxeyre2024]

1. Rosa 2. Kerblam! 3. The Woman Who Fell to Earth 4. Demons of the Punjab 5. The Ghost Monument 6. Arachnids in the UK 7. The Tsuranga Conundrum

[@her0880]

Jesus christ man, you didn't need to brutally massacre the series at the end.... I MEAN carry on you are free to do whatever you want!! please don't kill me.

[@ishaandw]

The sad thing is I think you chasing and killing the pting with a sledgehammer is more enjoyable than every series 11 episode.

[@federicaesu8580]

Your review is the best thing of this episode

[@BH-98]

Agree with everything you said about it. Also the ending was hilarious

[@SJ9001]

I actually liked the lead doctor guy. He's the first person this series to get the Doctor to back down from something when she's being overly reckless. In doing so, he not only shows some of his own strengths in diplomacy and reading people - especially overbearing individuals like the Doctor - but he also highlights some of the Doctor's faults by getting her to acknowledge them and therefore making her more of a developed character. The two worked off each other very well in my opinion. So when he's axed off after 15 minutes, I didn't feel sad but disappointed in that the script just dispenses with that dynamic from that point on. Just add him to the rest of the potential squandered this series. I think he'd have made a far more interesting companion than Yaz is.

[@DarkLordoftheMeme]

This was basically attack of the cliche storm. (although personally I disliked Arachnids in the UK more) On the plus side the next episode is okay (could have been a Vincent and the Doctor level tearjerker, but was let down by a predicatable plot and some appaling acting from the supporting cast) and the latest epsiode is actually pretty decent. One of the characters reminds me of a friend of mine. I've had some truly fascinating Doctor who related dreams lately, one of which I'm seriously considering writing down as fanfic. It reminds me of a suggestion I made a couple of year back that Moffat should have been made to eat only blue cheese for a year, in the hopes he'd come up with some more imaginative ideas; they should do that to Chibnall. If it doesn't work, at least we could have a spin-off fly on the wall documentary called "Chibnall can't pooh". Of course if they *had* tried doing that to Moffat, he'd probably just have delegated the task to Benadict Cumberbatch, and then the spin off would be called "No Shit Sherlock"

[@Warmishcookies]

Man, I wish they'd get some unmedicated narcoleptics in to give the writers crazy ideas. I've got a lot of my memory dedicated to hundreds of random hyper-realistic dreams.

[@jamie05601]

Perhaps the one episode I really haven’t liked so far. I thought Rosa was a well intentioned misfire but this one was nigh on unwatchable. Thank God it was followed by the first one I really REALLY liked.

[@alexzander4426]

Jamie O'Rourke You mean the Rosa remake set in India?

[@StefanTravis]

Remember how Eccleston left after one season, and it came out that he hated his time on the show because of executive meddling...and he got blacklisted? I reckon we're looking at that, but with Chibnall. And, just possibly, Whitaker.

[@codyw1]

The biggest mystery is how on Earth either of them got their jobs.

[@britishnerd3919]

My dad made a really good point, it's basically alien, but the execution is awful and the villain is a total non-threat, why make it so cute? Also the pregnant man was actually an alien, not a future human .

[@charliedawson6318]

I think this was the point. It's a reverse alien. Instead of a giant, terrifying monster eating eating the crew of a ship it's a small cute monster eating literally everything but the crew. Hell, there's a pregnant dude. Honestly, I think it's a kind of neat idea. Shame about the execution.

[@V-grandraccoon]

The worst episode of Doctor Who, maybe ever.

[@QuetzalOvejasElectricas]

You're fun as always, but yes, you are being very nice to series 11. Kerblam is good, though.

[@benhack2330]

I actually mildly enjoyed tsuranga. But then i truly hated Arachnids so it might have been a proximity thing.

[@WooogaTooga]

That was my experience too. After Arachnids this episode felt like a breath of fresh air, however weak it may be.

[@jh6025]

I love your reviews. You're able to articulate why I'm not connecting with the show. I did like how the little alien was sort of like a nibblonian with rabies.

[@attenberg]

I love you, Stu. My life is a little bit better, because of you. Just wanted to leave this here

[@FergusNN]

“It actually already is a word”

[@francisbarraclough959]

so could you review creatures of beauty, just to lift my spirits?

[@eirei0789]

I legitimately forgot this episode existed when I once tried to reevaluate the series thus far. It's that forgettable. I didn't forget radiation spiders, but I forgot this. Only memorable part of the episode is the funny endearing pregnant man.

[@eli_r_q]

Good morning... That's a nice Tnetannba you have there...

[@jaredjenkins99]

Idk, this was my favorite episode so far after Rosa. I’m not saying it’s good but from a pure comparison angle it gives me slight hope

[@nathanthebrick9756]

Wow, the animation quality was on par with pixar this episode.

[@DakNJaxter]

Gotta agree. On the whole, the episode just felt completely manic. I read somewhere that Chibnall had to pick up this script after someone else couldn't do it, so dunno if that could be a factor. All the dialogue sounds like the first draft where you just beat out the main points and exposition, before you re-write it to be more concise and eloquent. Just a theory.

[@thethinkingcatakaneonormie3527]

Evil nibbler from futurama made me think oh Alien with a bunch of wankers on a space ship that look incredibly dull

[@scribewell]

For me, this season has been a nice palette cleanser following Moffat’s convoluted era. More over, it’s refreshing to see a TARDIS crew that actually ENJOYS traveling with the Doctor again. While I do agree with some of your criticisms (over-exposition and technobabble, for instance), I’ve found this season to be very entertaining, and look forward to future adventures with Jodie and her extended family.

[@zakjaggs9761]

I enjoyed the first half. Also show don't tell is the message chibnial needs

[@SirMeowsAlot89]

But the Pting is indestructible how did you kill it with a sludge hammer?

[@menwithven2862]

This episode was extremely dull for me because it interrupted me listening to "the holy terror" for the first time. Ye the one downside to me getting into classic big finish is that it makes me angry how it probably isn't canon. Dream spinoff. Televising big finish in a stand alone black mirror format.

[@90RavenBlack]

While Canon is always entirely up to the individual, 'Night of the Doctor' made pretty clear that Big Finish is canon, or at least the 8th Doctor audios. It's not too much of a leap to accept everything else as being canon too. :)

[@menwithven2862]

Ye but I wanna see it on mainstream TV. Then once again it can become advent television

[@Warmishcookies]

@@menwithven2862 I kinda wonder if the 13th Doctor's/companions' throwaway lines at the beginning of some of the episodes will eventually be filled in by Big Finish

[@pappadarappa]

The Tarupoo Condidums

[@emilylawrie3809]

I like Jodie’s doctor but she needs to be given depth and a decent storyline to follow not just individual episodes. Maybe not as crazy as a Matt Smith one but I need an occurring enemy and with these individual episodes we can’t get to know the characters as well. I love you Jodie but Chris needs to go

[@mrMadHatterreviews]

Strangely enough I actually thought this was the best episode so far.

[@peterthompson1989]

All I'm going to say is what, you liked the avocado? I was waiting for you to say something after that comment. I know its just a little line but felt like the kinda jokes we got in the RTD era

[@TrentonBlessWrestlemania489]

This is probably the only episode so far that I am lukewarm on. The rest I like, but this one I'm not sure on. For once when people talk about this episode they don't go on a tirade about the pregnant man. I would definitely agree that it's filler. I like this review. It's not an angry review like most videos about this episode.

[@berserkerbard]

I only clicked because of the IT crowd reference in the thumbnail… I rarely regret my decisions… -_- Good review though!

[@PhialSubstance]

Lol who doesn't listen to what their doctor is telling them? I find it really interesting.

[@flameman9]

Good review stu. Man this episode was a mess. The sort of episode that completely falls apart when you as much as poke it. It especially doesnt help that it's followed up by the most tightly written, thematically coherent story of the series so far in Demons of the Punjab

[@Punk_04]

This season has been a huge let down

[@robalexander8065]

True. Though to be fair, my hopes were not very high for it in the first place.

[@ealadubh4800]

NO NOT THE SPLUMBDYDOO

[@iain9757]

I keep calling it The Tsuranga Continuum

[@carealoo744]

100% Agreed!

[@Doccywho124]

I don’t know how you can like Jodie. I think she’s poorly written virtually all the time and I think the performance is wooden. Possibly my least favourite series

[@bigspongeyfan1]

Commenting Commenter I like what they’ve done with Jodie to an extent. She’s basically like the bouncy childlike McGann Doctor from ‘Caerdroia’ but this leaves her feeling a bit shallow because it’s all the time. She doesn’t feel fully formed but I think Whittaker is great, bar a few strangely inflected lines alone.

[@Doccywho124]

bigspongeyfan1 there’s not much I can say. In the Moffat era I thought if I didn’t enjoy the plot I’d st least enjoy Capaldi or Smith. Here that’s just not happening. She’s got no real character in my mind. I didn’t mind her in Rosa but for the must part both her character and performance are annoying. I also think the fact that she’s being compared to so many doctors because her dialogue is vague enough that any doctor could say it.

[@bigspongeyfan1]

Commenting Commenter sure. I think children will enjoy her because she’s a playful alien imaginary friend but I can see how older viewers might be put off by a lack of emotional depth and a passivity caused by team-driven and incidental plot-driven episodes. I’m hoping when this “safe” series is over, that we’ll get to see more a bold depiction of her character rather than a basic “cover-all-doctors” doctor.

[@Doccywho124]

bigspongeyfan1 hopefully. Since episode 5 every week I’ve thought “is it worth watching” I do and I’m disappointed

[@Warmishcookies]

​@@bigspongeyfan1 The thing I like most about this Doctor is that she doesn't know everything. Also a thing I like about her [possibly a throwback intentional or not to why the 12th Doctor decided he liked Bill] is that she smiles when she doesn't understand something.

[@menwithven2862]

Also why the holy mother of solid gold fuck isn't there more big finish riters (dyslexic spelling) on the main show. I just feel bad for nick brigs having to reed out some crap scripts. How hard would it be for chibbers to listen to a handful of episodes of big finish and think "hummmmmmmmm why don't we do stuff like that" Please BBC make "I davros" a spinoff for terry nations birthday

[@thebasementfilmgroup]

I have been banging on in my reviews about the constant exposition week after week after week - and it just totally throws you out of the episode..... bloody frustrating!!

[@iain9757]

If this was the RTD era you could have gotten cuddly P’Ting plush toys for Xmas

[@V-grandraccoon]

Iain 97 would’ve been better than a stupid sonic screwdriver and a doll.

[@ishaandw]

Would be more enjoyable

[@necordektox879]

The Chibnall era hasn't really found its footing yet. It's more mildly interesting than anything. But at least it doesn't leave me fuming at its stupidity like Moffat's writing during Clara's entire existence did.

[@peachypie2962]

Completely agree with you about the dialogue, its the worst part of this series. The writing is shocking.

[@danielrovinsky9161]

I really liked this one on rewatch.

[@RoboBobo-to7fz]

I like this episode, but because “it’s so bad, that is good” episode. After “all white people are racist” episode and “orange man bad” episode, for me it was like a gulp of fresh air in vacuum. This episode is silly, but I liked future setting. Pure sci-fi without this bullshit modern day politics. Yeah, episode have exposition and passing problems. And monster looked like a Stich from “Lilo and Stich”. Still, I liked this episode on this same level like “Dragon fire” or “Web planet”.

[@sayachan6069]

The mid series was a bit dull. If anything series 11 has just felt way too safe and I get wanting to do that coming off years of moffat burn out but there is safe and "too safe"

[@bloodrunsclear]

Let’s make a show for kids! They like boredom, right?

[@NoverMaC]

huh. I really liked this one

[@Thomas_of_the_forest]

I'm liking Series 11 overall, but this is the only episode so dar that I genuinely didn't enjoy, for the exact main reason you point out, but I liked it even less, as I didn't enjoy any of the stuff with the pregnant man

[@russelltietjen4407]

Back toward the end of 12's era you had gotten more mellow... Now we're in 13's your dark side has kicked up again... ... I don't know which is better...

[@ElManReborn616]

Tsuranga Conundrum is a shitshow, because it doesn't develop. So many chekov's gun don't fire. Inorganic eating monster - inorganic crew member matter can't stop it - antimatter engine monster destroys ship - engineer and mechanic on board former captain passes the torch to second in command - she stays useless A crewmember died so the base wants to blow up the place - a baby is born This shit is so infuriating, it's like it was done on purpose. You stress my brain in trying to find a pattern just to not satisfy it in the end. This is storytelling 101: pick a couple of the former pairing, develop it, then develope the B story so it ties in with A story and keep C story as character development. Chibnall can't even make him moan, goddamnit!

[@TheMorlun]

It's the most Chibnall script of this season. Bunch of characters that are not really developed, but sound cool on paper. Monster that he thought is cool and something we never seen before, but is actually just another 'meh' menace. He even put the fucking countdown in! Honestly, this one is the worst from me. Half way through I pulled out my phone and just started browsing through internet.

[@Dreadtothink]

I’m think in a year or two you will look back on this series for what it is. The worst of new Who by a long way.

[@TheCrippledEgg]

I found this episode rather bland and underwhelming, but not that bad. Everything feels all too familiar and unoriginal, but I find it watchable.

[@jameswait5340]

Am I the only one who really liked this episode? The low point for me this season was Arachnids in the UK

[@mrblobby7864]

I'd rather watch Space Pirates than Tsuranga Conundrum.

[@charlestownsend9280]

This was one of the many meh 5/10 episodes, with so far before it only Rosa and maybe the first episode standing out but the next two are stand out episodes so it is actually not that bad a series.

[@Doccywho124]

I considered stopping watching at this episode. I think that after episode 4 the other episodes are mainly shit. Kerblam is ok.

[@superspudgun]

Yeah. This was the episode where I shrugged my shoulders and went off to find something more interesting to do. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind Jodie Whittaker's incarnation of The Doctor (or the companions for that matter), I'm just not enjoying the scripts. Yes, the Rosa Parks one was great - but for me, so far, the majority of the series has been dull and a bit on the preachy side. And this is from someone who is definitely left-wing when it comes to politics. I'm sure I'll come back to the show later on and watch the episodes that I've missed, but at the moment I'm not enjoying it.

[@kektus4203]

thats a nice tnetennba

[@caerdroia7530]

I went into the new season wanting to hate it too. So far I think most episodes are bad.

[@DoctorWhoHome1]

Bahahahah the intro tho, this story is horrible

[@UltimateKyuubiFox]

I found this to be the worst episode of Doctor Who I’ve seen in five years. It feels like a bad fanfilm. It literally doesn’t feel a professional writer wrote the script, a professional set of actors were involved in all the roles, or like anything happening was actually real. I’ve never seen an episode of Doctor Who before where it felt like I could see the seams showing. I mean, fuck, at least when Moffat had a terrible idea, he knew how to polish the script and made it feel like a professional writer made active decisions. This was... obviously where Chibnall put the least amount of attention. The dude was writing like seven other scripts and this one obviously got the short shrift. You don’t have to like Hell Bent, but by god at least that episode was an hour of actual television. People’s tax-money went into the Tsuranga Conundrum? I don’t even live in the U.K. and I feel bad. This script wasn’t even fucking finished.

[@ishaandw]

You know how Doctor Who episodes are supposed to be entertaining. Oh look, a boring dull episode. It's opposite day!

[@steelbarber]

Just watched it, I got so bored it kinda hurt. That Doctor guy in the beginning was distractingly a bad actor.

[@jimslav6973]

My legitimate reactions to each series 11 episode: S11E01: Mehhhhhh, the big reveal is teeth in his face? Really? Okay fine I'll go with it. What's next? S11E02: Actually fell asleep, boring and predictable as all hell. Total party kill glossed over like it didn't happen. S11E03: Historically inaccurate and dangerously misrepresentative of Rosa Parks. Episode was otherwise meh. S11E04: Series low; Trump analog depressingly toothless. This should have been Peter Capaldi and The Sex Pistols. S11E05: Why does this Doctor keep killing all her companions? Why doesn't that alien leave turds everywhere? S11E06: Another snoozefest which takes 2010's lame political ideology and places it where everyone should point and laugh. S11E07: I was actually clawing at my own eyes to spare me any more Kerblam! No hyperbole... this is the worst Who ep ever.

[@tardisnet9487]

Really disliked this story. The Pting was ridiculous and held no threat and it was full of tiresome exposition scenes and little tension and the villain and tone felt jarring and inappropriate for the story. I made a review on my channel if anyone wants to check it out.

[@elliotholdsworth179]

Worst series of doctor who ever not a single good episode

[@slateoffate9812]

It was so boring.

[@ysthafellgynghori8423]

Seven million people liked it so it must have been good. Chibnall's better at doing light-hearted episodes than Moffat ever was. Just check out 'The Return Of Doctor Mysterio' for proof. I'm wondering why people waste their time watching a show they so obviously hate. Find something to review ffs.

[@codyw1]

lols Just because around five million watched it doesn't mean they liked it. People have different opinions to you, love, esp when you're talking about a show that used to be good. If you don't like other people's opinions stop listening to them ffs. That's if you're even a real person and not just a BBC bot.