Doctor Who: The Interstellar Song Contest

My first thought was
oh, Doctor Who has tieflings now
and then my second thought was
hmmm, people with horns can refer to antisemitic caricatures
so my third thought is
that is going to add a layer of complication to the interpretation then.

The Eurovision but in space setup did do the thing of showing a lot of silly and then landing on politics and protest. I liked that. Taking it seriously amid the camp and confetti canons.

And the Hellions were at least a bit complicated, not all same same like the goblins.

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I realise I am under a spoiler cut but I keep on being vague about the Big Reveals and then realising there is no degree of vague that is vague enough, so, Watch The Episode First, there is surprises.

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And now I'm distracted enough I'll stop writing this because I forgot if I was going anywhere in particular.

I liked the episode. I watch TV with the sound pretty much off and the subtitles on so there's a whole layer to this one I mostly wasn't getting, but Noise is Difficult, so.

I think it did good with setting and characters.