grassangel | Fan panel response for Conundrum

Two things we've learnt from your responses last week were:
• You loved that the 'scare' factor played a major part in this episode.
• Doctor Who fans do love a good, "traditionally" scary monster on occasion!

I see the if you can’t say something nice, say something general rule is in effect. (I’m... not surprised.)

Usual preamble, did you watch it, how high do you rate it. Then general thoughts

I was torn over the Doctor losing the TARDIS again, especially when both she and I are still not over their recent separation. But that, and the Doctor being injured, brought an amazing level of tension to the first third of the episode. Some of the action and exposition did feel a little stilted, with some things happening about two minutes after I anticipated they would and exposition being a bit of an info-dump and not much more. The bit about anti-matter in particular felt like it was taken straight from Wikipedia, and not even the simple English version. I did enjoy learning more about Ryan and seeing him develop more. Graham was fun too. The direction within, and set design of, the Tsuranga was very effective and well done. I also really enjoyed the makeup and character design for Mabli as it made her feel more alien, as well as all of the costume design, especially Eve Cicero's uniform.

Rating out of ten for:
For people like me, Charming, Fresh, Shareable (stories I want to share & discuss), Warm, For all the family, Emotional, Adventurous, Funny, Easy enough to follow, Gripping, Topical (covers topics and themes I care about), Scary
Gripping and for all the family were the ones I rated highest, but it was a fairly tight, high rating cluster for this episode

Then rating: The core cast (The Doctor, Ryan, Yasmin & Graham), The location: Medic Ship, The monsters/villains, The other characters, The storyline
Other characters won, though the core cast and location came very close behind.

Rating characters next: The Doctor, Ryan, Yasmin, Graham, Astos, Mabli, Eve Cicero, Durkas Cicero, Ronan, Yoss
Mabli and Ryan rated highest, though the Doctor wasn’t far behind. (Sorry Ronan, you were lowest.)

Words! Cute for Pting!, blank for Ronan, heroic for Eve Cicero, leader for Astos, brave for Mabli, anxious for Yoss, stalwart for Durkas Cicero

No questions about the core cast? Or asking to go on about the Thirteenth Doctor? Just how likely to view the next few episodes (higher than last week), and the usual how much of previous Doctor Who have you seen.

Though there is free space!

I noticed the Doctor has been saying 'sorry' a lot in this series. It feels like a statement on how women say it more often, but I can't tell if its use is being portrayed as a positive or negative trait. I also appreciated that Yoss's pregnancy and ultimate decision to keep his son were handled delicately, though I do appreciate that those themes, and those of absent parents that Ryan brought, might have been triggering for other people. But overall a much more enjoyable episode than the previous.

There was also a panel feedback survey, which was very boring, except it does remind me that I love doing these, even if I am sometimes negative or go “why???????” at things. Because yeah, I do feel like my responses have an impact. (As ever, a reminder you can join here. Though apparently there’s a special panel for American members about the services available to them.)