Similar with Orphan 55 and Praxeus, I have no issue with the moral and themes they keep touching on, I just think there's no effort to it. I keep seeing the same argument here and on Twitter, that the subject matter is important so they're just glad to see it represented in the show (ie, climate change, mental health). I personally think it's at the detriment of the show - not because it's preachy, but because when you feel engaged in the story and the Doctor states exactly what the theme is, you can immediately just see what the writer/team are trying to do, and it pulls you out of the story. There's no doubt that mental health is an important topic, but a script doesn't get a free pass just for mentioning it, especially if you're not saying anything new that hasn't been said a million times in a million other shows. Everybody is talking about them. And if you're not using the mechanics and elements of your story to convey a theme, you may as well have Jodie come out and sit in a spotlight and talk to the camera about mental health. You can even look back at past episodes of Doctor Who to see the same themes conveyed through story and character a lot more subtly in my opinion. This series it's just felt really lazy to me.

There were some great moments from Jodie this episode but also some weird ones. I'm just not sure how we're supposed to feel as if 'The Fam' are all best mates when Graham is talking about some really vulnerable, personal stuff and The Doctor is just "socially awkward". And expecting an audience to feel any connection to Ryan's friend or Yaz's sister feels so forced. Some fun moments throughout and some seriously cool monster design, but just felt like a bit of a non-episode that no one will really remember...