Hello girl scouts, it’s time for “Pinned Comment Post Post Ramblings from Future Shayla” - it says something to the testament of your main actors that when you think of an episode where they were in true focus for only the last 5 or so minutes that, that is what sticks out to you most. But going back and really picking up on so many layers, where you see those small moments from the character Lindy telling that she is racist from the very beginning. Looking around seeing all the “bright peppy” colors drawing focus from a rich, all white, privileged, prejudiced society, and ya know, the alien slugs eating people. I know I said Ricky would have gotten on the Tardis had he not been killed, but it’s more complex than that. (He grew up in this bubble after all). The ending look between Lindy and the Doctor can be also taken in so many ways, her realizing, or her being smug at leaving, the actress, Callie Cooke, was amazing in this episode. I mean they LITERALLY live in a bubble…fucking symbolism! What breaks my heart the most, and reflected in Millie’s performance at the end, is when the Doctor realizes why these people won’t go with him, he STILL is pleading with them to come on board, to save them, his anger, frustration, that scream? Ruby’s sorrow for seeing her friend be treated with such disrespect? Ncuti and Millie I am in awe of you both. And this was Ncuti’s first proper day on set??? COME ON BAFTA. Again, I have had zero copyright issues and I waited a few days before publishing so if this video goes down I will do my best to get it back ASAP, thank you for your potential patience.

Also shoutout to the AI that looked at the white supremacists and thought ‘Yeah, no.’

I can't think of another Who episode which is as elevated by it's ending as this. It didn't just cap the story off, it re-contextualised & enhanced everything that had come before.

To be fair, the actor who played Lindy nailed the assignment. All the actors were great.

Fun fact: That ending scene at the dock's was Ncuti's first proper day on set he filmed, after his appearance and bigeneration in "The Giggle". At the time they hadn't even filmed the Christmas special. Ncuti's performance was phenomenal!

ALSO the realisation that lindy happily followed ricky, who was trying to help in the exact same way the doctor was, purely because of his appearance - the more i think about the layers to this episode the more i love what they did with it

God, Millie is so damn good. Already one of my favorite companions ever. As the white daughter of a black family Ruby has no doubt been through this sort of thing plenty of times and it's really well reflected in her reaction.

"The moment we cast Ncuti, everyone said to me: oh, my God, what's it going to be like when he goes into the past? Because a black Doctor's going to face such racism. You sit there going, what about now? Why do you think racisms only in the past, when you look at what's happening in the world?" -- Russell T Davies talking about this episode

I have never been more frustrated with watching an episode of Doctor Who. At first it was because I couldn’t stand how insufferable Lindy was with “I can’t walk without the arrows” and that ending… I felt for the Doctor in the last few minutes. Such a great episode!!

The sad, angry frustration in that last scene was acted perfectly.

Something I sort of loved as far as the messages they were going for was that even Ricky September, a man who didn’t spend much time on social media, had enough private info about himself that Lindy knew his real name, enough information to give his life for her own. Even a “healthy” amount of social media can still give a lot of you away

LOVED that darker rendition of The Doctor’s theme at the end. Really hope they put that in the *fingers crossed* soundtrack.

I'm kind of surprised that so many people just seem to be super sure that Ricky wasn't also a racist. he wasn't as in your face with it as the others, but he was part of the same community and religion. just like everybody else, he was just there for a limited amount of time and was hand selected to be there. he turned his bubble off to read, but what do people think would be the kind of literature available to him in the bubble they all resided in? 🤷‍♀ I think people got fooled by the cute dance and the white-on-white heroics. 🤭

I’ll be the first to admit I didn’t pick up on some of the racial micro-aggressions on my first watch. The second watch broke my heart.

Me at the start of the episode: "Poor Lindy" Me at the end: (12th Doctor's threats to Me to get Me to save Clara)

Wouldn't surprise me if the Actor who played Ricky September auditioned to be the 15th Doctor.

When I watched this the for the first time, the ending scene broke me. I was in tears. And RTD said something about how when he cast Ncuti, he saw the discourse about racism in the past, and his response was to write a story set in the future where racism still exists because it does still exist in the modern day. Add on top of that the fact that 1) this was Ncuti's first episode, and the first thing he EVER shot for DW was that ending scene. 2) Murray Gold's score with the stripped back, or rather pushed down version of the Fifteen Doctor's theme and 3) the 'left speechless' looks at the end, where the Doctor, who's greatest power is his mind/words, couldn't even use words to make anything better. The ONLY thing I would have changed is the way the ending credits took place. I would have continues Gold's score with Fifteen's pushed down theme as the credits rolled, then played the stinger at the end for the 'Next Time' Trailer. But still, for me, these last three episodes have been AWESOME. I can't wait to see what else this season has in store.

Some people might say milled best performance is in 73 yards (and don’t get me wrong she was phenomenal) but I think even though she had virtually no lines in the last scene of Dot and Bubble, her acting and reacting, facial expressions and those pats on Ncuti’s shoulder just said it all this was her best performance so far she is amazing

There were soooo many overt and subtle signs of racism and prejudice scattered throughout the episode: 1. Lindy was revolted and blocked the Doctor when he first appeared on her feed. 2. Lindy didnt block Ruby. She was more receptive to Ruby when she appeared on her feed. Lindy spoke to Ruby and believed her over the Doctor. 3. When the Doctor appeared for the second time on her feed, Lindy asked him if the monsters "have something to do with you" (she didnt ask Ruby this, just the Doctor) 4. Lindy told her groupcall to listen to the Doctor and that "i know this is wrong and after this is all over he will be so disciplined, i cant wait, and he doesn't look as stupid as he looks" (of course due to the color of his skin) 5. No person of color lived in Finetime 6. Lindy was shocked to learn that Ruby and the Doctor were in the same room together in such close proximity 7. Lindy told the Doctor "Didnt I block you? I knew it. I just thought you looked the same, but you're the same person I blocked. I was so right to hate you." (Implying all black people look the same) 8. When they met, Lindy told Ruby and the Doctor "Gosh, you two, this is strange." (meaning a white and black person working together) 9. And a few more microagressions towards the Doctor before they met in the final scene AND in the final scene where the racism got blatant.

Oof! First watch had me feel something I don't ever think I've felt with Doctor Who before - a sense of shame and embarrassment. On rewatch, I couldn't believe I'd missed all the little flags. Stunning performances from Ncuti, Millie and from the actor playing Lindy - they all knocked it out of the park. Fond of this more thoughtful series so far. 😊

8:03 I wasn't 100% on Ncuti yet. I liked him a lot but wasn't 100% convinced. But this moment at 8:03 is THE moment he became The Doctor for me. Absolutely fantastic

What I really liked about this episode is that for a lot of people on their first watch, they probably didn't pick up on the small but frequent micro-aggressions from Lindy to the Doctor. A lot of people probably didn't truly realise until the ending scene but then when you go back through you start to notice that there were subtle hints towards the Finetime people's racism layered throughout the episode and as a result it makes you go "why didn't I notice that before?" and then you realise that the episode basically points out the very concept of white privilege to the audience. I also liked how the Dot being 'evil' and the reason for the slugs almost mirrored Lindy's progression through the story too. As in, at first you thought they were alright and then they changed and showed their true colours without trying to hide it anymore.

I'm ashamed to admit that I didn't pick up on Lindy's racism until the end, despite her being basically a conga-line of red flags. I sort of noticed that everyone in Finetime was white, and of course saw how dismissive and condescending Lindy was to the Doctor -- but, I failed to put two and two together. I wrote all the red flags off as 'shorthand for these being the spoiled rich kids' and didn't give it any further thought. Now, it's just got me thinking... what _other_ red flags and warning signs of bigotry have I failed to pick up on, in other media or irl? And I suspect that's rather the point -- to get people to think about it. 10/10 performance from Gatwa in that final scene; holy shit! And from Gibson, too. This whole season has been excellent, but this might be my favorite episode so far!

Admit it, we were all rooting for the AI at the end. Also, justice for Ricky!

I've said this on another video about the episode but I have to say it here too because it really stuck with me: The wild laugh Fifteen makes near the end when he finally realizes what's going on is so tragic. The Doctor really coming to the realization that in this regeneration - his skin color can and WILL get in the way of being able to save people sometimes.

I loved the Doctor in this episode, a true hero, even when faced with the worst of humanity And its why we love you, thanks to your reaction

This one really suckerpunched me. And I like that the dark subtext of the episode could be so potentially deep. The big thing is that at the end scene, the Doc and Ruby obviously had *that* conversation. And you know Ruby was the one who had to explain it to the Doctor because her foster family is Black. She likely pieced together the racism of the colony and noticed the micro-aggressions that were happening. She lives in present day Earth society and has likely experienced them or witnessed them. So to see the Doc be dismissed immediately but giving Ruby the chance to talk, even though it was condescending, was just the start. We also don't know how many other people the Doctor went to before Lindy. It could be that he tried to reach out and was constantly dismissed until Ruby said "Let me try." and succeeded. On the note of Ricky, I'm not wholly convinced he would have let the Doctor save him. He lives in this society of Whites. He very likely may have joined or not. He may have succumbed to peer pressure and followed everyone else because he was popular and wanted to stay popular. It really was a smart move to kill him. Because we just don't know and will never know. I have a theory that the reason the Doctor couldn't land the TARDIS in Finetime is because the forcefield prevents People of Color from passing through. There may be a genetic or biological detection that was preventing the TARDIS. That would be a really F'ed up thing, but still fits in line with the disgusting racism of this colony. Honestly, this has been one of my favorite episodes this season and easily squeezing into my current top 10. Which really says something because I wasn't on-board for the first half of it. I also remember telling my friend as we watched that I hated that the "evil aliens" are here as the monsters of the week. So having the pleasant surprise that the people were the real monsters this week is so delightful and a great subversion.

I just realized, now on the tenth viewing, that the reason Lindy Pepper-Bean starts to go automatically to the right after the bubble is gone is that inside the bubble the profile pictures are going from right to left, and it can make people dizzy.

"Holy fuck!!" That was exactly my reaction over and over. It was so wow. I was shaking and crying lol, just so good writing, performances, camera, music, it was just.. whew. Like a slap to the face.

*AMAZING* review. I've seen several and I can honestly say that I think yours is the best. On a personal note, I was so angry at the end of the episode I felt physically sick.

i genuinely haven’t stopped thinking about how well done this episode was in terms of the journey we go through to reach that moment of realisation. i had gone through the whole episode with a bad feeling as to why lindy was SO rude and dismissive towards the doctor. i was thinking along the lines of entitlement, but it felt so aimed at the doctor to just be that. so to get to that moment at the end, it just gave me such a sinking feeling

THANKS for this!!!! Here's my take (and I'm glad to put it here so hardcore Whovians can argue it): This episode breaks two unwritten rules of the show. First rule, established in Classic and continuing in Nu: collective racism/prejudice must be overcome for our planet to survive. Second rule, established in Nu: individual prejudice is something to be frowned on but will be overcome one day. (TEARING SOUND AS RTD RIPS UP THOSE RULES :) ) WOW....Um, gee.... Who is RTD going after? Anti-immigration movements in Europe? The Right worldwide, including in America? The Doctor Who anti-woke crowd? Everyone? Although the Jordan Peele/"Black Mirror" crowd will not be losing sleep over this, I deeply appreciate RTD's willingness to put up a very big finger at people who don't like his direction. This is very different from his first, more subtle DW take. There will be a lot of criticism of Ncuti crying *again.* But from the point of view of this American, this cry is more out of the tradition of 19th-century Frederick Douglass than a 20th-century British-created Time Lord, recreated in this century to great impact.

this is a masterful episode like blew expectations out the water

I'm beginning to realise that Doctor Who has become so much more experimental and risky with filmmaking, plot points and stories more broadly - Legitimately, this is just what it needed for the next generation. Feels like the show itself regenerates with showrunner :)

Ricky's purpose in the plot isn't just as the stark contrasting sacrificial lamb to reveal how terrible Lindy is; it's to demonstrate that when an individual in such an abhorrent society takes the first step in looking, thinking and questioning their position within it, the first moment it becomes inconvenient, that society *will kill them for it.*

These last four episodes have been absolutely stellar! It makes sad there are only three episodes left of the season.

Some people have said 73 YARDS is RTD attempting to do his DOCTOR-lite BLINK and I think he may have not quite got it but with this episode DOT AND BUBBLE he may have done so

The ending made this episode in the most awful but real way

I love how Davies twists things and pushes things to places you didn’t expect. He said that when he cast a Black actor to play the Doctor, people asked what would happen when he went back in time and how he would cope with the racism. Davies responded by saying that have racism now. And the way things are going at the moment, we’re going to have racism in the future. But what might racism look like when technology has advanced so much? How would future media drive the echo chambers and bubbles we are falling into right now? This is why I love Doctor Who. I think I know what I want, but I get served up something I wasn’t expecting instead, and it’s better.

Seeing those first scenes is really hard because even with her flaws I really did sympathise with her situation and her learned helplessness and figured that her stubborness was a sheltered mindset thing she could grow out of. I mean I am guilty of turning away from upsetting real world news too often because it's overwhelming even though I know it's still there and I wan't to be the sort who does something about it. And then after getting to the end and while I'd picked one or two thing and how white the place was, I didn't click untill too late. And it's not even that she's a blip, she IS the product of her white supremacist enviroment and she'll choose to stay in that bubble rather than change, and refuses to even see that it will be her death. She will always choose to stay in that bubble because it rewards her and you can't do anything. It's like that person you know who has the potential to do and be better, and even though they say and do things that raise flags stick around because you think maybe you can reach them even if it costs emotional labour...untill it's convient for them to shut down and go right back to what they where doing. Deprogramming, education and outreach are important but when the greater system we live in rewards people for their bigotry and destructive behaviour, it is a towering project, and not one any one individual can do.

I got strong Logan's Run feelings as this episode progressed, particularly the escape under the city through the tunnels. Young people who live a hedonistic lifestyle in an enclosed environment get killed off (here alphabetically, with LR it is by birthday).

This episode is going to be in my mind for a very long time. I didn’t clock the racism until the end and I really should have. This episode made me feel ashamed and thats GOOD! The reason I love Doctor Who is that its a fun and silly show but it also challenges you and makes you check yourself. For that reason alone I give this episode a 10/10 bc of what it made me feel and what it made me confront in myself. I didn’t clock all the racism going on my first watch until the end and I think thats one of the messages in the episode. Some of us really are privileged and no matter how progressive we are, we sometimes don’t see the subtler side of bigotry that those who face it see clear as day Edited for typos

Love your intro here. Big moment. As of that last scene, Ncuti Gatwa has won me over as my favourite Doctor. ❤❤ And it took me a bit to warm to Millie Gibson, but their acting the last 3 episodes has been fantastic.

The Doctor had a lot of experience combatting racism directed against his companions and/or people he encountered (I'm thinking of instants like 12 punching the villain in "Thin Ice" after his display of bigotry towards Bill Potts, and of course the whole of "Rosa"); but this probably would be the first time he'd experienced racism directly personally against him (at least human racism -- as opposed to the various species who hated him for being a Time Lord). PS: technically that might not be true, because the Fugitive Doctor spent much of her life as a black woman in contemporary UK; but I don't think even the incarnations who were reminded of her existence -- i.e., 13 onwards -- would have had many memories of that)

This was Ncuti's first episode of filming, the last scene was the first scene he filmed too.

AI heard "eat the rich" and said yes lol.

One, she is a real piece of...well, you know, and Iyou are right, I think the Doctor knows something happened to Ricky... She said Ricky went to save others, he was so brave. "Was" so brave, past tense, rather then "is" so brave, present tense. I believe the Doctor caught that when she said that line.

That scene at the end was Ncuti Gatwas first ever scene for Season 1

The imminent horrible deaths soften the blow. I noticed MG in the background too, most actors just stand around looking at the main but she was brill.

I got a very strong Black Mirror vibe from this episode.

I watch Katie O'Shaughnessy and Sesskasays reaction to Doctor Who too....I synced up all 3 of you calling Lindy a bitch when she killed Ricky....I have not laughed so much in ages...as well as being proud of your reaction...its wonderful people like you make me think humanity might just be alright in the long run

Love RTD's ability to misdirect. You focus on the Bubble but it's The Dot that's the killer. You focus on Social Media as the commentary but it's t h e racism at the core of the story

I loved the little detail of the Time of Angels four-second loop 🤣

Great reaction video! It says something that the AI grew to hate the people of Finetime so much that it deliberately used the scariest more feared death for most humans (being eaten alive) as its means to be rid of them. Now I kind of feel bad for the slugs; after they have eliminated everyone they'll starve to death.

A couple of bits and bobs that bugged me generally (nothing that matters) leading me to giving it a 9, but One interesting thing RTD has said about it (aside from the general shape of the episode having been pitched for S5, rejected on the grounds of it being too expensive at that time) is that he wondered how many people would notice that everyone on the bubble was white, and that if they didn't notice... Hoped that when they realized at the end of the episode they'd wonder why they didn't notice.

For me, this felt like a futuristic equivalent of one of my favourite ever films: "Pleasantville"... an enclosed environment, a group of people who hang on to the familiarity of their sheltered lives... and a dislike of "colour"... you'd have to watch (or have watched) the film to fully understand the parallels!

The racism reveal at the end, it hit me like a truck and THAT look from the Doctor at the end. I really hope we see Lindy again and see how things turned out.

Justice for Ricky September!

Peppa Pig v lamppost and the lamppost turned out to be a hero.

I saw an incredible comment from someone else on a different reaction I can’t find, that said Ruby is adopted into a POC family. As a white child, she would’ve grown up and seen the microaggressions and racism towards her mother and her gran, and her immediate reaction of disgust is just perfect, no longer trying to help them when the doctor still is.

I thought I had the plot figured out about a half dozen times, but the ending still got me.

Aaah the experience of POC. Racial micro aggressions and macro aggressions still affect us daily. Sadly.

I’ve always wondered what would happen if the Doctor met people who didn’t want to be saved. The Doctor knew they were going to die, he knew he could save them, but they not only didn’t want him to save them, but they even detested him for even trying. All of this for the color of his skin. And seeing all of these people going against the very reason he chose the name “Doctor”, the Doctor breaks. And all he can do is walk away as they slowly fade off in the distance towards their deaths. All of his efforts wasted.

Felt so much like a Black Mirror episode until the Doc popped up.

Great reaction

You think we wouldn't notice the throwback to the crash of the Byzantium with the looping 4 seconds at 11:18 :p

Him in that last scene was just #ChefsKiss ..one of the best scenes from ANY Doctor.

It's been fascinating watching reactors see the end of this episode. Some knew Finetime with its exclusively white, blond population was racist all along, some get it at the end, some don't see it even then. Amazing work by Ncuti at the end too. I've got to wonder if he'd somehow persuaded them to go with him and be saved, would they change their attitudes about anything else even then? I'm strongly inclined to say no.

In my opinion it's the first episode that captured darkness and soul of OG 10 seasons of New Who since the end of Capaldi run

I wasnt aware of the racism implied in the episode until i started to read comments of it in the internet, i was like wtf?! I thought they were classist people, but racist too? In the distant future?! It took me by surprise but watching it again i can see it too, wow, such a deep episode.

Me, at the start of the episode: "Oh! This is similar to Black Mirror! I got it." Me, at the end of the episode: "I wish the bugs had won."

The boat scene was the first scene ncuti shot for the series. 73 yards was the first filmed

they are deffinitly human ricky's blood at the end was red and they sing old earth songs and wear retro earth cloths and live in 60s/70s retro- futuristic houses i think the green is slug slime maybe or its a different mystery something to do with susan twist

I'd love to see Lindy come back as a villain ala Khan in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan after suffering all the hardships of survival in the wilderness.

P.S. A fun Whovian game to play is "Which Doctor would have just walked away at the end of 'Dot and Bubble'?" My votes would be Nine, Eleven and Twelve.

Ncuti has already felt like the Doctor to me since he first showed up but that end scene is his first like definitive Doctor moment, like 12 at the end of Mummy on the Orient Express

I have a theory about Susan Twist now. Apparently, her first appearance was in the scene with Isaac Newton so I'm guessing that there must be some sort of perception filter making people look like her in places where the Doctor and Ruby turn up as a reminder that he's responsible for the whole "Mavity" thing. It may seem harmless and funny, but it's somehow going to turn into a problem that needs to be fixed at some point. Just a guess, of course.

This Episode almost makes me as hopeless as the real world. I guess our writer was somewhat in a depressive state while writing it as well. Currently, it doesn't feel like DW shows the "Future" anymore or "Life imitating Art" at this time to me, here in Good ol' Germany is like life and Art are happening simutanousley. And it seems so "No worries on the Titanic it's sinking anyway!"

I agree it seemed the Doctor and Ruby at least suspected she was lying. I'm not sure Ricky would go. It is possible, but reqtach his interactions with the Doctor. He was also somewhat dismissive. On the first watch, I attributed it to, oh we are in a hurry, I understand how the code works, we don't have to waste time having you explain it to me. After the reveal, which I didn't get until they smacked me in the face with it, I now wonder about Ricky.

Ffs that intro 🤣🤣

Well, love your stuff. Gotta agree a bit, overall a good show , HOWEVER , unlike Alec Rickman,s acting in Robin Hood, more is not always best. Over the top reaction from the doc. Excellent acting from the woman. Hope she’s in it more doing another part. Keep up good work.

In addition to the multiple microaggressions, there's some really dark commentary in the episode. They explain how after the great abrogration (removal of law) the city was "disinfected", after which we are shown the people of finetime not wanted to get close to the Doctor, because they could be "contaminated".

2 fun facts 1. This episode was originally called "Monsters, Monsters everywhere" which at first sounds like kind of a stupid, but it really works when you remember everyone in finetime are racist Monsters 2. This was Ncutis first episode playing the doctor

The Doctors reaction was do layered to me, he has never had to deal with racism before as they have always been white. That's why it took him a minute to understand what was happening. Just my thoughts.

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Apart from the bi-generation, the last scene was the first ncuti shot for the season

The AI wasn't even the bad guy. Neither were the sluggos. They saw a bunch of racists and were like "we ain't doing this anymore"

0:26 It's giving BLACK MIRROR is what I thought... 😅

I saw this episode late [not long before typing actually] and I had vaguely heard a few things [almost nothing to do with the next-time trailer] before watching the episode: that it was kind of a Dr-Lite episode [another one? After 73 Yards? Really?] and that there was a 'theme' of racism. Yet, the ending came almost out of left-field for me when it actually technically shouldn't have if you see the 'foreshadowing'. With these expectations, I thought the slugs were eating people because they were white; only the Doctor was smart and figured out the slugs' origins and killing patterns. Only then did the ending hit me with the thoughts of racism sadly not going away in the far future. And certainly that 'hit' was due to the episode mainly [or on the surface I guess] going with the whole 'if you stare at your phone/social media/etc, you won't see what's going on in the real world'.

I was really impressed when RTD revealed that the scene on the platform was the first scene Ncuti shot for the series. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mct0d6Zh297RXWg.html

Wanted the characters dead from the opening, just for being vapid, social media drones. Felt less guilty about that when it turned out they were racists.

I don't think we should praise Ricky too much. Sure he turns off the dot...but he is still part of the society where the racism is basically foundational. Ricky is still like the rest of them, don't be fooled by his niceness

I've never said this about someone the Doctor's saved before, but I want Lindy Pepper-Bean to return, so I can watch her die. The actress nailed it, but that character was just so irredeemably horrible, I want to make sure she's gone from the Whoniverse.

Honestly? This felt like a Simpsons episode. You know they say The Simpsons predict the future? Someone that worked on the show said that they don't try to predict anything, but rather joke about what the world will be like if things don't change, and eventually shit just doesn't change and they look like prophets... Also, my little brother made a joke about them not listening to the Doctor because he was black (that kind of humor is big here) and we laughed it off at first but... Then we realized he's the only black guy in the episode. We knew they were entitled but we didn't realize they were racist as well... In a way, September was what they would have treated the Doctor if they'd gotten Tennant or Smith. Maybe they DO deserve to die in the woods... Shout-out to whoever decided to toss all the racist white kids to space and then deploy the "Racist-Eating Slugs", btw. Someone had the right idea!

Yeah, erm, they space Christians!

I love how every other channel is like. Well this is Black mirror and she's like it's Wall-e meets the Lego movie. Finally some comparisons I understand LOL

It seems that every one of the 2 million viewers left have KZfaq channels.

If you need to show someone the definition of the word 'Woke', get them to watch this episode. We watched that episode without seeing the racism, but by the end we WOKE up and saw it.

I have this vague theory that the Susan Twist we've been seeing in every episode is actually an old version of Lindy who is furious that her life was ruined and was so awful and it is the fault of the Doctor and she's out for vengeance. With Susan Twist playing her mother it's not unfeasible for her to her to look like her. I have nothing to back this up but maybe On Doctor Who Unleashed Russell said he was interested to see how long it took people to realise the racism in this episode. There's so much once you notice it. Like her not realising he was the same person she blocked until half way through. That scene at the end was also Ncuti's first scene he filmed after the giggle. What a start for him

It's an extraordinary episode - easily EASILY the best since Capaldi by quite some distance