20 Worst Moments In Modern Doctor Who
19. A Family Conversation (Resolution)
What’s frustrating about this particular moment is that writer Chris Chibnall actually makes a really funny joke at first… only to beat you over the head with it and completely kill that momentum.
Ryan’s overly-dramatic line “What a monster”, in response to the Reconnaissance Scout Dalek shutting down all of the UK’s internet on New Year’s Day works really well, only for the gag to drag on, and on, and on, in the form of a Family Guy-esque cutaway scene in which a horrified mother proclaims “I suppose we’ll have to have a conversation”, in front of her equally-horrified kids.
The ‘How do you do, fellow kids’ energy is off the charts with this one, and it feels terribly misplaced during a part of the episode where the stakes are ramping up and we’re hurtling towards the climax.
You had your cake Chibnall, why did you have to try and eat it too!