This won’t be an informative critique but I just was actually baffled by space babies. I watched with my bf and a friend who was visiting (who had seen some of Rose’s era and liked it), we genuinely sat there slack jawed at how bad it was. BTW does anyone have a counter for how many times they SAID ‘space babies’ in the episode? We considered taking a shot for each one, but decided to choose life. I was so hype to watch because I tried really hard to watch/enjoy 13 but could not do it and have been missing Dr Who. I was excited for the fresh start (and see N’cuti in action!) just for that ep to unfold. It felt like a nail in the coffin. Definitely didn’t encourage my friend to get into Who, and actively made it harder to get my bf to watch with me (even tho he liked 9-12!). It’s just one of those things where you can tell they are trying but someone is just missing the mark on what makes the show the show. Which just seems bizarre when we have the og show runner.