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for me, i suppose this season has been:

dot and bubble > rogue > 73 yards > space babies > devil's chord > boom

i've enjoyed all of it, but i def think the first three suffer from not establishing a status quo between the doctor and ruby and treating their bond like a done deal. but that's all "positional context within the season." as standalones, they're great.

as absolutely frothing at the mouth silly excited as i am about rogue being gay pride&prejudice, and as pleased as i was to get a very fun by-the-book monster of the week, dot&bubble was genuinely higher stakes writing that i couldn't stop rewatching scenes from over and over just to examine how they did certain things with the script, acting, and directing.

i can't wait for rose noble and UNIT next week