So there we have it; another Russell T Davies finale that feels creatively bankrupt, low on emotion and low on consequences or just about anything happen. I’ve watched Final Reckoning borrow so much from The Rise of Skywalker I wasn’t expecting the disaster of the JJ Abrams film to be a blueprint for Doctor Who as well; but Davies has a track record of missing with these big episodes: arguably the last one he got right was The Parting of the Ways, but he comes into this one on the back of two of the worst episodes of the era – and doubles down with a spectacular mess of an episode that feels like Davies has well and truly had better days.

It's just so odd that his Doctor Who has become so reductive when his time in-between the two runs was filled with gems like It’s A Sin and Year

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