I'm disappointed to find another reviewer already declared this the worst episode of sci fi they had ever seen. I've watched whatever I could from the Golden Age of the 60s/70s through to the 2020s... I've put up with bubblewrap aliens, detergent bottles dangling from strings masquerading as attack fleets... and yes, there were hits and misses, forgettable stories or daft premises. Until now, the honour of being the Worst Episode was a tie between Dr Who's "Orphan 55" and "The Timeless Children" for the dreadful eco-lecturing of the former and the fully-intentional legacy defilement of the latter.
But not now. Take a bow "How The Light Gets Lost". There is literally nothing redeeming about this episode. The plot doesn't advance one iota and instead there is a bizarre and tasteless aside into drug-fuelled sexual abandon into which even the ship's AI enthusiastically throws himself. I could at least understand the motivations for the Dr Who writers to script those two episodes even if I didn't agree with them. But how and why anyone signed off on this episode of sub-space-prawn in what was already a tough watch is completely beyond me. I actually felt sorry for the actors involved; some scenes must have been particularly demeaning and to no useful or worthy end.
But not now. Take a bow "How The Light Gets Lost". There is literally nothing redeeming about this episode. The plot doesn't advance one iota and instead there is a bizarre and tasteless aside into drug-fuelled sexual abandon into which even the ship's AI enthusiastically throws himself. I could at least understand the motivations for the Dr Who writers to script those two episodes even if I didn't agree with them. But how and why anyone signed off on this episode of sub-space-prawn in what was already a tough watch is completely beyond me. I actually felt sorry for the actors involved; some scenes must have been particularly demeaning and to no useful or worthy end.