[Marsh.]

Also, it kind of annoys me that Chibnall talks of this series being more "character focussed" despite the character stuff being very quite poor.

And it's quite jarring how he'll randomly insert "Character Moment No. 3" at points where it doesn't fit and it feels like he's just following a scriptwriting template (Ryan discussing his mum in 'The Tsuranga Conundrum') but then a moment which screams out for some connection and is a natural point for Ryan to express his grief for Grace comes in this episode when they arrive at a point where a young woman loses her Grandmother. Yes, I know Chibnall didn't pen this episode but he IS the show runner/head writer.

It's so slapdash it's actively annoying me.

Also, and I hate to say it, I'm sick of Jodie. The same scenes/monotonous dialogue over and over. I like her but she's not being directed/scripted well AT ALL.

The characterisation of the whole lot of our Doctor and friends is abysmal. I found myself wanting them all to bugger off stop getting in the way and let Alan Cumming and Siobhan Finneran carry the episode.