William Russell

William Russell, as Ian Chesterton, the first hero this series has.

Dot And Bubble

Dot And Bubble (6.50 p.m.)

Kids these days with their phones and their Snapchats and their dance videos... And their circles they don’t let other people in... Oh.

73 Yards

73 Yards (6.50 p.m.)

A Doctor-lite episode!

Also the second in a row that hinges on the Doctor putting his foot in it.

Otherwise quite different.

The finale at the cinema

June 21st, the two part finale at cinemas, tickets on sale tomorrow.

Susan Twist

I had not clocked that the same extra has been showing up for a line or two since Wild Blue Yonder before playing the ambulance algorithm in Boom, but now actress Susan Twist has been pointed out...

Susan Twist.

My theory: RTD had an idea for a recurring extra who might be arc-relevant or just to mess with viewers, saw the name Susan Twist and thought “get her, that’ll be hilarious!”

Next time...?

And next week... I don’t know. (Looks like funfolk horror.) And that’s really exciting. While I’ve known a lot about The Devil’s Chord and a fair bit about Rogue for a year, I have some surprises in store.

Boom

Boom (6.50 p.m.)

“Tell me what you’re not telling me.”

Steven Moffat returns with a single-scene gimmick that also brings lots of ways to ratchet up the tension.

One familiar trick I caught right away.

Proper angry about putting algorithms in charge of decisions that affect real people, with a side flick of the Vs at Thoughts And Prayers.

A first appearance for future companion Varada Sethu, but not as blatant about as Jenna Coleman appearing as a splinter of Clara a few months early so just a fast actor recycling or...?

Davies and Moffat on what makes a Doctor Who story, including the Doctor being a genius idiot.

The Devil's Chord

Establishing the Toymaker’s style in The Giggle is a recurring threat, The Devil’s Chord (7.05) did end up a bit too like it as a result.

Favourite bit: The Doctor and Ruby’s WTF expressions.

Next week, after an episode trailed for a year, I don’t know and that’s kind of exciting!

Space Babies

Space Babies (6.20 p.m. on BBC One)

Doctor Who is an odd little show that got big, and sometimes it’s good to be reminded of that.

And that Davies enjoying making a fart joke a vital plot point.

Ruby being good with kids and the Doctor needing to work on that.

But telling Captain Poppy a vital truth.

Also, did he just tell Ruby his name out of earshot?

Favourite bit:

Tomorrow

At midnight if you wish to jump ahead. I will be waiting, and not just because my TV is bigger than my monitor.

Run Boy Run

Doctor Who - Run Boy Run by Woodkid, edited by Wearer Of The Cheese. Running is a victory

I have now played C7's Doctor Who second edition

Attaching But and And to the Yes and No of the dice through 1s and 6s is nice but means looking at the dice a moment longer. Not as many Traits overall makes the maths a wee bit faster but loses some player character distinctiveness.

Everything is possible

Including a trailer for the new series running to Changes by David Bowie.

Tosin Cole playing a time traveller again

Supacell (trailer and talk at Reactor) coming to Netflix in June, features Tosin Cole as a young man who finds himself jumping ahead in time and learns that his fiancée is about to die, and he can only save her by changing the future with the aid of a handful of other newly empowered people.

May 11th

With the first two episodes on iPlayer, and on Disney+ simultaneously.

I will be waiting for the actual telly, as my actual telly is bigger than the monitor I am looking at this on.