Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror thoughts

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Slightly liveblogish, bit thoughty. Plus bonus mid-season trailer thoughts

• Did think at the beginning Skerrit would be a clone
• Also thought that this would tie in with the Kasaavin with the spies and Tesla's importance to electronics. Slightly disappointed by that.
• Loved the Doctor/Tesla dynamic. Kind of ship it
• Poor Yaz keeps getting abducted
• But *chef's kiss* look at how snappy and great everything is when women are put in charge of an episode. Lots of little character moments for all the team (not exactly the most elegantly done, but more than we've ever gotten). Ryan got lots of it in particular, which is honestly no less than what he deserves being the true companion of the team.
• Also like how well balanced they approached the Edison/Tesla rivalry

Extremely solid episode. Can’t really point to anything that makes it good but the performances, the writing, the plot were all just plain good. Slightly let down by the Queen Skithra design, but otherwise, as I said, solid. High 7, low 8

Midseries trailer thoughts! I hope that line about the Doctor not always winning and the Master laughing means there'll be some reference to the events of The Doctor Falls.

Though even if not, I do look forward to more of the Master, the Doctor admitting her faults and whatever has made its way into the TARDIS. Poor TARDIS though! She's had a lot of things force their way inside her this series.
Which, when I put it like that feels a bit icky. :/

Don't mind the theory that Chibs may bring back the Black and White Guardians though. Better than any variant on the Cartmel plan, so I hope they're part of the Timeless Child mystery.