The Australian soap Neighbours has a random moment every month when some characters suddenly start to talk about Doctor Who. It has been happening for years.
Who knew that the soap writers were actually auditioning to write for the show. Pete McTighe joins Sarah Dollard as the second ex-Neighbours scripter to pen for the time lord.
The Tardis gets a late delivery for the Doctor. A fez delivered by the largest retailer of the universe, Kerblam! The delivery also contains a cry for help, something the Doctor cannot resist.
Kerblam! has a warehouse on a moon. 10,000 workers that only amounts 10% of the workforce, the rest is automated or run by robots.
The Doctor finds that some workers have gone missing and the head of personnel did not even notice them gone.
Actor Lee Mack plays one of the human operatives, Dan. Lee got the role by pestering head writer Chris Chibnall for a part. Dan is a subtext of those foreign workers who leave the Indian subcontinent to work in the middle east. The ones hoping to earn enough money to get their kids a better education, a nice house and get a economy flight home once or twice a year to see the family.
The episode is a parody of huge corporations like Amazon who are increasingly using automation to replace humans. The humans in Kerblam! are lucky to have jobs.
The episode really makes good use of CGI to make the warehouse look huge and the conveyor belt scene was done really well. It also had a script that wrongfooted me as to how it would pan out.
The downside to me was pacing which has been an issue for several episodes. It really shows as this new season wants to concentrate more on character than action. This would had been less noticeable if the episode had maintained its 45 minutes runtime. However there just seems to be a lot more talking than action.
Who knew that the soap writers were actually auditioning to write for the show. Pete McTighe joins Sarah Dollard as the second ex-Neighbours scripter to pen for the time lord.
The Tardis gets a late delivery for the Doctor. A fez delivered by the largest retailer of the universe, Kerblam! The delivery also contains a cry for help, something the Doctor cannot resist.
Kerblam! has a warehouse on a moon. 10,000 workers that only amounts 10% of the workforce, the rest is automated or run by robots.
The Doctor finds that some workers have gone missing and the head of personnel did not even notice them gone.
Actor Lee Mack plays one of the human operatives, Dan. Lee got the role by pestering head writer Chris Chibnall for a part. Dan is a subtext of those foreign workers who leave the Indian subcontinent to work in the middle east. The ones hoping to earn enough money to get their kids a better education, a nice house and get a economy flight home once or twice a year to see the family.
The episode is a parody of huge corporations like Amazon who are increasingly using automation to replace humans. The humans in Kerblam! are lucky to have jobs.
The episode really makes good use of CGI to make the warehouse look huge and the conveyor belt scene was done really well. It also had a script that wrongfooted me as to how it would pan out.
The downside to me was pacing which has been an issue for several episodes. It really shows as this new season wants to concentrate more on character than action. This would had been less noticeable if the episode had maintained its 45 minutes runtime. However there just seems to be a lot more talking than action.