The Doctor generally doesnt have much luck with vacations.
After the spy-centric, continuity-altering upheaval of the two-part season premiere, Orphan 55 is a return to basicWho.
Lots of technobabble about ionic membranes and hopper viruses!
Credit: Ben Blackall/BBC Studios/BBC America
Some bloodthirsty creatures and a whole lot of running!
And thats not a bad thing!
Spyfall felt occasionally overstuffed, what with all the big reveals and action setpieces.
Problems to solve and aliens to fight?
Its the threat of doing nothing or being alone with her own thoughts that terrifies her.
Bellas plan sure has a lot of collateral damage for what ultimately boils down to a mother-daughter tiff.
As the Doctor puts it: This is not the way to resolve a family dispute!
How about good ol fashioned passive-aggressive discussion?
The bigger emotional thread throughout the episode is the discovery that Orphan 55 isnt just any orphan planet itsourplanet.
Unless people face facts and change, catastrophe is coming.
And if we dont, well, we all might be left here with the Dregs.
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