Doctor Who returns for a 10 episode run and this one was an homage to James Bond no doubt. As well as an allusion to Men In Black with the appearance of men in black to escort them to MI6. Of course that was a little conspicuous to be transported to there but then again can't say anybody was really looking or noticed, aside from the aliens of course. As the driver is picked off via a bullet through the Sat Nav and why did he really need a Sat nav anyway. Presumably he should've known the route and which way to go! Seems strange that Ryan (Tosin Cole) and Yaz (Mandip Gill) also knew they were going to meet up and go an on adventure, but that was a little preemptive since the TARDIS was being repaired at the minute. So why all the rush to pack and find excuses to tell people they're going travelling, or a secondment/undercover. Well she got her wish.
As the Doctor (Jodi Whittaker) stops the car from killing them due to the SatvNav reading "DIE" x 1,000+ times. Backseat drivers who needs them, but at least the Doc knows how to drive, ha and saves them. Contacted by C (Stephen Fry) who needs help as agencies all over the world are being hacked by some unknown alien threat and agents are being killed. C even manages to get them the customary Bond gadgets before he's taken care of too. Those aliens with the bright lights were a little X-Files-yin appearance. The Doctor sending Ryan and Yaz to investigate VOR and Daniel Barton (Lenny Henry) as the CEO behind the vast social media company and taking herself and Graham to Australia to meet with a contact she'd meet before, only once but they texted a lot; who tells Graham about the Doctor being a man before but didn't believe her. This followed on the trail of Graham being mistaken for the Doctor by C.
Ryan and Yaz infiltrate VOR using the Doctor's hacking their fake IDs and interview Daniel to find he has 93% human DNA as Ryan takes photos of his ID card so they later return to search his office. He returns as Yaz still has some data left to download and he speaks with one of the aliens telling it he wanted them to be more discreet. As Ryan and Yaz leave, they are confronted by an alien who appears to swallow Yaz inside of him and she ends up in a maze of DNA. In Australia, Graham and the Doctor are greeted by her contact who tells them his name is O (Sacha Dhawan). Oh for goodness sake this joke was done to derth. He has massive computers and books, etc where he's been keeping track of everything going on in Intel agencies and the aliens finally arrive killing the Aussie secret service agents, as they would.
As well as O being able to contain one in a glass contraption. They've come from the far corners and beyond and want to take over the universe. Finally Yaz is released and transferred into the container. Does this mean they have some sort of a connected DNA system.
So the Doctor resolves to get to the bottom of this delving much further and beginning with Daniel's party to which they've been invited and naturally cue James Bond scenes as the party is also casino themed. She confronts him right away but he says he doesn't know what she's talking about. As he leaves they give chase on bikes and end up at the airport and Daniel's plane. Where O reveals who he really is and turnss out he's the Master and dropped hints about this when he mentioned how someone must be the spy master behind the whole plan. As he leaves a bomb behind in the cockpit, the Doctor finds herself back in the same place Yaz was.
Well who else would have done such extensive research on the Doctor, who else but the Master wouldn't really have to considering he knows enough about the Doctor anyway. SO what of the Master's words to the Doctor before he made his escape of "everything that you know is a lie..." Does this continue on from the season 11.2 episode as the Remnants spoke of "the timeless child" and we didn't get any answers on that. And how it "was hidden even from yourself" thus tying in with the Doctor being lied to as she's told here.
Jodie sporting a bowtie as in Matt Smith's Doctor Eleven era, though yeah I know they all were wearing them except Yaz and it was for the Bond theme but still, "bow ties are cool!"
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