Doctor Who (may contain SPOILERS for current episodes)

This American, at least, didn't care that they were Brits. I could see the episode playing out exactly the same way if the characters were Americans from the future. Yaz and Ryan's reactions to the situation and their own time period felt as true to me as an American, so there was no sense of "Brits are more enlightened" to me.

Very powerful episode. It seems to be well-received all over, at least if I go by twitter.

It's interesting to see how dealing with racism has changed over the course of the new series. It's a long time since the Doctor told Martha that she could walk through Shakespeare's time without fear.

It's also interesting that suddenly events in time are a fragile thing. It makes absolute sense that the changes Krasko makes would stop this event, and yet, what about all the times the Doctor might do something that seems innocuous (say, steal a bus) for the sake of stopping an alien in the past, that might lead to small changes that lead to big changes? We haven't had to worry about a butterfly effect, but now that time is fragile, we might have to.

A good episode and one that harkens back to one of the original purposes of Doctor Who: Teaching about the past. There were a number of these during the Hartnell Era, but they became much rarer as the show evolved. The last such episode I can think of was Vincent and the Doctor.

It was certainly written for an audience that didn't know much about the era, which I think works in its favor. It didn't strike me as being a bunch of Brits shoving themselves in, rather it was a bunch of 21st century people seeing something important and trying to help it. It's a plot that could have easily shown up on the more American centered Legends of Tomorrow (they would have handled it differently, but it still would have fit).

I thought Yaz and Ryan's reactions were excellent, and the clear awareness that no single event fixes something like racism, rather it's a long term process with a lot of standing up for (or sitting down for) what's right and human. Graham's reactions were also good with subtle differences in the writing. He isn't in as much danger as Yaz and Ryan so he's more confident in dealing with things. This shows the difference between being in the line of fire and being an ally of those who are.

The Doctor is doing what's right (of course) with a good combination of respect and insouciance.

I think these first few episodes have been recapitulating the things that have made Doctor Who good and reminding the audience of them with Jodie Whittaker showing that, of course she can play the Doctor in all aspects.

Yeah, I skipped last night because spiders.

I find the new Doctor's accent warm and soothing. I like the companions too.