Yaz (Mandip Gill), meanwhile, found herself in a mysterious time and place where she met Vinder, and then fell foul of what looks so far to be the season’s main villains. And is it really plausible they would leave their Sevastopol camp totally unguarded while they all had a precisely 7.5 minute rest period at the same time? It is well established that Sontarans can be a bit arrogant and dim at times, but even so … Sum it up in once sentence?Ī Sontaran plan to invade the whole of Earth’s history is thwarted by a dog, and a man with a wok, and because they all needed a quick nap in the 1850s. The effects shots were again top notch, but if you were going to fault this episode, the Sontarans did end up suddenly dispatched quite easily (it was awfully convenient that just one ship crashing into their entire fleet on Merseyside could cause a temporal explosion that wiped them out). Over all, War of the Sontarans was fast-paced and – most importantly – fun. It’s a double act I would like to see more of in coming chapters.īish! Bosh! Bash! John Bishop and his trusty wok. He is rapidly becoming my favourite recurring alien of the Chibnall era, and the way they quipped with each other ended up like a very enjoyable buddy movie. We got to briefly meet his parents, and I was glad to see Karnavista (Craige Els) turn up again to rescue Dan near the end. We had seen him in publicity stills armed with a giant wok, and soon discovered that it was for whacking Sontarans unconscious in contemporary Liverpool. John Bishop found his purpose all right, and Dan shone in this episode, with all the best lines. Seacole’s line – “If we all of us waited to be sent for, we would none of us find our purpose” – resonated heavily. There were lessons both on the futility of war and the positivity and compassion of Seacole, who came to the aid of an ungrateful wounded Sontaran, who wished that death would “rain down on” her in return.
The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) was fending off a Sontaran assault on the British army during the Crimean war, encountering nurse Mary Seacole (Sara Powell). Three flavours of Doctor Who for the price of one. Chris Chibnall wasted no time in splitting the Doctor, Yasmin and Dan off into three separate adventures that tied together at the end – one historical, one contemporary Earth invasion, and one future outer-space.
I f you expected the season-long continuous story that is Flux to settle down into more of a regular one-story-a-week pattern after last week’s fragmented intro, you will know by now that that isn’t the case.
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