Oh, this was a crowded but lovely romp! I feel like it could’ve been 5-10 minutes longer for some of the dramatic and/or emotional bits to breathe, but any story this side of “Eleventh hour” will be sidelined by introducing a new Doctor and companion.

Hopefully the upcoming season won’t have to squash as much into every episode once it finds its pace?

Ncuti is every bit the Doctor I’d expected, he slipped into the part like … a hand into an intelligent glove? 😉 Ruby’s family is particularly warm and wonderful once you see how they’d fare without her. Obviously her biological parentage is going to be an ongoing concern, and I wonder if the hooded (mother?) figure will tie in with the hand picking up the tooth in “The giggle”, or the fourth wall-breaking Mrs Flood.

The gremlins goblins got the short end of the stick, I think any baddie deserves just a teeny bit of motivation beyond their actions. Fairy tale characters are not exempt, RTD 😆

I knew of the main musical number but I loved that the Doctor and Ruby piped in too. This Doctor is up for anything! My face was… howling with delight, I’m not exaggerating.