DOCTOR WHO: SPACE BABIES

This weekend brings us an atypical debut strategy for DOCTOR WHO - the concurrent release of 2 (two!) new season/series episodes: the amusingly and enigmatically entitled SPACE BABIES, and THE DEVIL'S CHORD. 

This discussion thread is reserved for SPACE BABIES; it seemed logical to split our discussions into 2 (two!) threads for posterity's sake - as it would be easier to locate the individual threads (i.e. search for them online, find them in the site's menu, etc.) if the episodes are presented individually. Although, I understand this makes for a bit more inconvenience in this moment: sorry about that. 

SPACE BABIES is helmed by Julie Ann Robinson, whose credits include a wildly varied resume including THE GOOD PLACE, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, MASTERS OF SEX, and BRIDGERTON.  It's scripted by show runner Russell T. Davies. 

Its essence is described thusly by BBC: 

Ruby learns the Doctor’s amazing secrets when he takes her to the far future. There, they find a baby farm run by babies. But can they be saved from the terrifying bogeyman?

To commemorate the coming of the Doctor's newest series/season, BBC recently released this trailer/sizzle reel for what we might expect. 

I've been preoccupied with a number of distracting and challenging life changes over the past month, so I'm leaving room for me not to be 'correct' regarding what I'm about to say (i.e. perhaps I've missed something?)

[ENGAGE RUN-ON SENTENCE!] But, considering the show's budgetary uptick, considering its splashy casting of Ncuti Gatwa as the new Doctor, considering its arrival on Disney+ in the US (where it looks super-great in dazzling 4K, by the way), and considering we're plowing into a brand new chunk of episodes after a sizable break, it feels as if the promotional ramp-up to this new season/series has felt a tad...muted... compared to what has come before? [RUN-ON SENTENCE DISENGAGED!]  Especially when taking into account that fewer resources and less horsepower were behind the show in the past?  

Maybe this is a product of the way multiple endnotes (like BBC and D+) interface, or fail to interface, or perceive the value of their property (whether individually or collectively)?  Or, maybe I'm flat-out full of shit and wrong. 

Come what may, it'll be fascinating to see how things shake out moving forward. 

The SPACE BABIES discussion thread is now screaming for your attention. 

For now, and forever...

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                                                       ALSO THIS WEEK:

                                     DOCTOR WHO: THE DEVIL'S CHORD  ​