Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder Review - 9 Ups And 2 Downs

11. DOWN - The Cold Open (Again)

Yet again, we’re forced to kick off the review with a down, thanks to the second completely bizarre cold open in a row.

Wild Blue Yonder kicks off with a brief saunter into the garden of Isaac Newton, for reasons that, at first, we assumed would be related to the episode but in reality were utterly pointless.

Laced with slightly obnoxious humour and going for the obvious low-hanging fruit that is a gravity joke, this feels like the rejected second idea for last month’s Children In Need sketch. There’s nothing wrong with silly, but it just feels completely at odds with the rest of the episode, both tonally and in terms of subject matter.

We’ll see next week if they manage to make it three for three on these. Thank goodness things improved from here.