thinking about donna's line in the direct address prologue. "it's like a storm in here... about to break."

the oncoming storm, perhaps?

this shit that the doctor can do with his sonic now is so marvel, and it feels very intentionally so. this is doctor who playing in the idiom of marvel movies, and adapting a comic story to boot. i'm not sure how i feel about the hard light shields??? but i also kind of love how brazen it is as A New Thing. i think we might be seeing the doctor fully transition into becoming a wizard. the merlin prophecy is coming true right before our eyes

14 is the conscientious doctor

when rose calls him out for assuming meep's pronouns. compare this moment to when 10 was insulting mickey for screaming like a girl. this is such a Choice i love it

the doctor has entered his miss frizzle era

it's crazy that all the guns in this show are firing tiny explosives to get the bullet spark practically! they made a machine gun for snappers!

https://youtu.be/FWnPxke0row?si=h3_KXGDKbaqDohPp&t=223

dueling with technobabble

rose noble is fifteen years old

the thesis of this episode is that saving the uk is worth it if it means saving the life of one trans kid