A gift for the Doctor contains a message for help. so she goes to Kerblam! central to investigate.
From here they could have told a story about evil business, with the two heads covering something up. Fortunately, writer Pete McTighe avoided the obvious cliches. Instead it is the worker who is attacking the system and plans to send parcels of death.
This episode was good, solid fun. Like the Tsuranga Conundrum, Kerblam is a light episode, but where the former felt unsure of itself, the latter is much moe aware of the tone, skirting between humour and seriousness.
Jodie was great this week and her Doctor was a highlight of the episode. Her giddy excitement at seeing the Keblam Man's arrival was hilarious and I loved watching her facial reactions and seeing her try on the Fez. She also got a great scene where she railed against the bosses only to say 'laters'
Ryan's background as a warehouse worker was referred to this week.He
Yaz got to use her police training against the villain for once.
Graham was fun as the janitor. It was a more comedic role but it sufficed.
The robots were good. They were more funny when they were being passive aggressive.
The supporting cast were all good. It was nice to see Julie Hesmondhalgh in the Doctor Who at last.
The music was less noticeable than last week but hte Kerblam delivery jingle was catchy
There were a lot of nods to old Doctor Who what with the Fez, the reference to The Unicorn and the Wasp as well as the Venusian Aikido.
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