Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder Review - 9 Ups And 2 Downs
3. UP - Referencing Chibnall
This one gets a really big up.
Polarising or not, sweeping some of the major plot points of Chibnall’s era under the rug has never felt like the mature response to the controversy. We’re delighted that RTD hasn’t buckled to a particularly vocal portion of the fandom here, and instead of ignoring the Timeless Child revelation, is clearly planning to tackle it going forward, dare we say even improving on it. We didn't exactly enjoy the ‘canon bomb’ either, but we’re excited to see what comes of it.
What we love even more than legitimizing Chibnall’s contributions is acknowledging the biggest oversight of his tenure: the fact that the Flux destroyed a lot of the universe, and the Doctor never acknowledging that this was not actually undone at any point. Flux killed off galaxies upon galaxies, all because of the Doctor, and come Eve of the Daleks, Thirteen was entirely unphased by this. Seeing Fourteen completely break down over what happened allows us to finally see the consequences of such a cataclysmic event, and the trauma it has inflicted on the Doctor.
We didn’t think we’d ever see the Flux mentioned again – but we are very very pleased indeed.