Bits of it worked great for me. Other bits didn’t.
Siberia, early 20th century. Are we doing Tunguska? Oh, apparently not. That was 1908.
So the Master with a Rasputin look is actually doing Rasputin...
Has Doctor Who never done a Rasputin episode? Apparently not. Nearly during the Capaldi run. And apparently the Boney M joke was in that script.
Sacha Dhawan playing the adviser to another Russian monarch is an odd but of typecasting.
The swirly thing not quite being like the opening credits seemed like a miss opportunity.
Some way back references, some returns from this era... but a lot of it felt very riffing on the Davies era. (The Master cues the music! Dalek treason! A couple of big clear boxes to stand in! Lots of companions around the TARDIS console!) Which we’re about to have another one of.
Bringing that guy back? Okay, I guess.
The bits that worked for me most were the sentimental bits, for Teagan and Ace and latterly for Yaz.
The bits that didn’t work for me were the technobabble, and the Doctor being in multiple places at once again having just done that in Flux.
And the Master stealing the Doctor’s life felt like it would have made a good two-parter but here it’s an odd little aside.
Oddly bugged by the clothes changing during regeneration. I suppose explained by familiarity?
And then... well, I knew he was coming back but... to be fair, that surprised me.
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