I had previously talked about how excited I was for the Doctor Who specials celebrating the 60th anniversary of the show (sort of), and seeing my personal favourites David Tennant and Catherine Tate return. Well, we have three episodes done and dusted and was it worth it? YES! Here are some thoughts from the shows short run, spoilers obviously within:

• Bifurcating the Doctor! We now have two Doctors running around, what an interesting development! On the one hand, I can imagine DW purists not being particularly happy about this, but on the other hand, I can see the upsides to it. The weight of such momentous recent events for the Doctor must have been weighing them down so to be able to split that off and let it sit off screen for a bit is a bonus. Also, it gives David Tennant the chance to return whenever he wants - hooray!
• Donna’s family! Loved the introduction/return of Donna’s family, her long-suffering husband, dragon of a mother, and beautiful daughter Rose. We have representation on screen and the brilliant mama bear instincts from both Donna and her own mother Sylvia. Plus wonderful Wilf. There are no words for how lovely it was to see him, if only for one scene.
• Seeds for the future! I didn’t have a lot of knowledge of the Toymaker and if I’m being honest, don’t think I am much further forward even after a whole episode of his antics. But the fact he’s just in a box tucked away somewhere, and has left a golden nugget containing the Master, means we have potential for future storylines right at our fingertips.
• Not long to wait for more! I love that we are only moments away from the Christmas special that will see Ncuti Gatwa get his first full outing. From the small glimpse we had, his Doctor seems more warm and energised than our recent traumatised Doctors, so very interested to see what happens on Christmas Day.