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Wasn’t it rather clear that she was talking to a housefly?

Maybe not quite clear enough? The buzzing was noticeable, but I watched the scene on a full-sized tv, and only caught the barest hint of movement. But hey, I also managed to put it together in the end, so 🤷

I gather that getting Nicola Coughlan is kind of a big deal - they're hyping her up a lot - but I don't think I'm familiar with her.

Well said, all around. Wacky romps aren't my favourite genre of Who, but they're fine, and this is fine.

And I think there are advantages to starting a companion with a wacky romp - when there's a lot of exposition to burn through, it's probably not a great idea to have an overly complicated plot on top of it all. And the exposition is pretty well done - Gatwa's "gone" when Ruby asks him about his people is a uniquely sublime line reading.

If the episode is missing anything that would make it work better, I think it's a scene that "humanizes" the bogeyman before it ends up in the airlock. Thinking back to "The Beast Below," another wacky second outing for a companion, there was at least a trail of clues for Amy to consider that helped her conclude that the space whale was benevolent. "Space Babies" lacks that, and while "compassion for compassion's sake" is probably the better message, it's also a much harder message to sell in the moment.

In retrospect, it's interesting to see the Doctor sieze upon the apparent coincidence of having another adventure involving babies, which gets the Ruby's birth is important narrative going. Knowing that the point of it all is that they gave it importance over time, it's neat to see that beginning here.

The announcement that this is going to feature Kate Lethbridge-Stewart has me interested in the idea for the first time.

Filming begins next month and will be directed by Dylan Holmes-Williams, director of two Season 1 episodes – 73 YARDS and DOT AND BUBBLE.

I want to rewatch this one properly before I give it a real re-evaluation, but I'm guessing people are going to have Thoughts and Feelings about this one.

I'm not that familiar with watch culture, but I do know it's a whole 'nother world.

Variety has a little more information on Yashere:

Yashere was the co-creator and showrunner of the sitcom “Bob Hearts Abishola,” which ran for five seasons on CBS. She got her start in the U.S. as a finalist on “Last Comic Standing,” and has appeared as a comedian on “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” “Def Comedy Jam,” “Live at the Apollo” and “The Tonight Show.” She’s also acted on “The Neighborhood,” “Crashing,” and “The Barbarian and the Troll.”

While I recognize that some people aren't interested in merchandise, what my theory presupposes is...some people are, and the internet isn't just for you?

I assume that's going to be refunded now that it's in the media, but as always it's pretty pathetic when that's what it takes.

Yeah, it was basically unusable yesterday.

It probably wouldn't be newsworthy at all, but my understanding is that municipal governments are required by law to balance their budgets?

They've now released a dev blog about these new ships, so I pasted some comparisons into that thread.