Gaming🎮 Dot and Bubble brings Black Mirror-style social commentary to Doctor Who with thought-provoking results - Review

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There is one key thing you need to know about this week’s Doctor Who: the titular character isn’t in it very much.

Yep, that’s right - it’s another ‘Doctor Lite’ episode, of a sort. But where last week’s excellent 73 Yards was more in the vein of 2008’s ‘Turn Left’, where the show’s co-star takes the reins for an incredible showcase of their prowess, this is more in the vein of one of the most famous Doctor Who episodes of them all - 2007’s ‘Blink’.

With 15th Doctor Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor Who filming schedule overlapping with his final work on Netflix’s Sex Education, these sorts of episodes were ultimately a necessity of production - but often that need creates something beautiful. Pressure makes diamonds, as the saying goes.

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