Doctor Who: 10 Problems With Revolution Of The Daleks
5. Being Imprisoned For Several Decades
Captured by the Judoon at the end of The Timeless Children for unknown crimes in a mysterious incarnation, the Doctor found herself imprisoned in 'space-jail' - a maximum security facility. There she was seemingly trapped helplessly for several decades, despite having a history of escaping from far more dangerous and 'inescapable' prisons.
In this particular prison, all that stood between the Doctor and freedom were some energy cells and some security cameras. No Judoon seen to be on guard, only security systems the Doctor could have easily deactivated in any other incarnation. It took Captain Jack twenty years, a temporal-freezing gateway disinhibitor bubble and a Vortex Manipulator to free her, but we know the Doctor has escaped from worse.
Included in the Doctor's prisons was the Confession Dial - a clockwork torture chamber that the Twelfth Doctor could have escaped from any time he chose by confessing his darkest secret. Then, there was the Pandorica - the Eleventh Doctor's 'perfect prison' constructed by all of his enemies - including the Judoon - which he managed to escape from almost instantly. In comparison, this space-jail doesn't seem to be any more secure than prisons such as Volag-Noc from 2007's The Infinite Quest or 1980's Shada, both of which the Doctor escaped from with ease.
The Doctor is known to be a master of escapology, having referenced meeting and studying under Houdini on many adventures. Capture and escape have always been a staple of the show - even present in 1963's first-ever serial. The idea that the Doctor couldn't escape from an inept species such as the Judoon, or free herself after several decades of capture without outside help, just seems questionable.