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Thankfully, they got it right so very right, from a situation drenched in so much wrong.
Rosa wastes no time delivering a one-two punch.
Explorations of racism inDoctor Whoare nothing new.
Indeed, the entire team comes off as operating at full speed at this point.
Rosa hopefully points the way to the future of the series.
If Vinette Robinson looks familiar to you, thats because youve seen her inSherlockas Sgt.
Sally Donovan and also in Chris Chibnalls very first script forDoctor Who, 2007s 42.
(Remember Athletes Chances in the van Gogh episode?)
More of this, like.
This is the first episode of the season not solely written by Chibnall.
Malorie Blackman is, I believe, the first woman of color to write forDoctor Who.
Either way, this didnt feel like the script of a freshmanWhowriter, but one from a seasoned vet.
Big round applause to the production team for transporting viewers to a much different kind of alien world.
Why does this man from the distant future hate black people so much?
Is the episode saying that something as awful as racism will never go away?
What a terrible, sobering thought.
The writers found plenty of fertile ground in forcing modern people to cope with history.
