Doctor Who: EVERY Fifteenth Doctor Episode Ranked Worst To Best

18. Space Babies

Space Babies is a light-hearted romp aboard a space station, featuring, well, babies. In space. It does exactly what it says on the tin. 

The first episode of Gatwa's debut season was a little bit silly, though this felt like a mission statement by the show. The previous incarnations of the Doctor had felt more serious, and their messages a little heavier, as their time went on. While the Fourteenth Doctor was in three specials, he still managed to bring home the thousand-yard stares. 

Space Babies, featuring uncanny valley in the extreme, was actually a fairly fun introduction to the Doctor and Ruby Sunday as a pairing (after their meeting in the Christmas special, of course). That great tease of a Starfleet-inspired crossover may still be a thing of dreams, but at least the Boogeyman turned out to be a sheep in wolf's clothing.

As a season opener, it's easy on the brains of the audience, bears little impact in the overall arc (Poppy-aside, but we've covered that!), and still manages to tease a little of what's to come.