It's May the 4th! (When I started this post, anyway.) And I'm casually writing this Doctor Who review over the course of the day as a way to help ease myself through a bunch of Star Wars material I've been putting off for months. It helps that I'm going into this with a pretty clear view of what I'm going to write, since this season was a very clear-cut mixed bag of good, meh, and, uh, bad serials. This isn't much of a complaint, since I thought the good and meh material was more than sufficient, but part of me wonders if this is the ratio I should be prepping myself for from here on out.

Also, on a technical note, I changed the icon on some of my review posts, as I originally planned to do those in 6 season groups but decided that 5 season groups would make more sense. It's the little things I guess. It's silly, but not as silly as parts of this season were. I was expecting a tonal change, but I wasn't quite prepared for it to feel as different as it did. While the contents are substantially different, each story (even Fang Rock) feels much lighter, and that can't all be chalked up to the introduction of robot assistant K-9. It'll be interested to see if they keep this tone or modify it even more over the next couple of seasons.

Like the previous fourteen seasons, the serials are available to watch via streaming on Britbox. This season had six stories, and was very easy to rank. Like, moments after I finished it I already had it solidified in my head, which has never happened before.

( Do not worry, Doctor. I shall protect you. )