Doctor Who - The Robot Revolution
Doctor Who returns for a new season by introducing us to The Doctor's (Ncuti Gatwa) new companion Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu). You can feel the writers trying to pull a bit from Clara Oswald here with Sethu having already been introduced as a different character (a distant relative of Belinda) in last season's episode "Boom." And like Clara, there's some mystery for The Doctor to unravel about how he's linked to Belinda who has a very bizarre day when she's kidnapped from Earth by a race of robots (the best thing about the episode) and taken to a solar system named after her where, to her surprise, she's a queen.
The whole episode, involving a certificate and a bit of timey-wimeyness, is a bit daft, but after missing his chance to run into Belinda before her abduction The Doctor does finally meets her and helps unravel a situation that ties back to her ex-boyfriend (Jonny Green). It's a bit too early to gauge Belinda as a companion, especially on a weak first episode, but she does have a bit of spunk to stand up to The Doctor and make hew own decisions (including demanding to be taken home at the end of the adventure). The Doctor's inability to deliver, and the tease of why the audience (but not The Doctor) sees will no doubt tie into the larger mystery of how the Time Lord is connected to a nurse. It's far from the best premiere we've gotten, but let's see where it goes.
- Title: Doctor Who - The Robot Revolution
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