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Doctor Who – Season 12, Episode 3 Orphan 55

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Doctor Who – Season 12, Episode 3

Orphan 55

Aired Jan 12, 2020

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The Doctor and her companions discover the luxury resort where they are staying is hiding a number of deadly secrets; they must discover why there are ferocious monsters attacking Tranquillity Spa.

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Though "Orphan55" suffers from too muchness, it's climate activist's heart is definitely in the right place.

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Dan Martin

Guardian

Jan 13, 2020

This week might just raise the bar to its highest. Orphan 55 is not exactly subtle about its climate crisis message, but writer Ed Hime has a blast getting there.

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Devan Coggan

Entertainment Weekly

Jan 13, 2020

B-

Sometimes it's okay to strip the show back and watch the Doctor and her friends try to outrun - and outsmart - some monsters.

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Michael Hogan

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Jan 13, 2020

2/5

Doctor Who has always had a tendency towards corridor chases and the Doctor spouting exposition, but here it reached preposterous proportions due to a plot which was so overcomplicated when it should have been straightforward.

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Courtney Enlow

Syfy Wire

Jan 23, 2020

The message was good. Climate change = bad. We should = doing whatever we can to stop it, lest we = xenomorphs with overbites. But everything else? Weak, dull, tropey, and with a hair-and-makeup budget that most of us exceed in an average Halloween.

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Alex Moreland

alexmoreland.co.uk

Jan 18, 2020

5/10

It's overstuffed, and though the message is admirable its delivery is flat and tepid. On the plus side, though, Tosin Cole is brilliant - his best performance yet.

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David Hogan

hoganreviews.co.uk

Jan 18, 2020

3/5

There was a lot of good in it really, it's just the writer needs to learn about subtly when trying to relay a message inside a story...

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Synopsis

The Doctor and her companions discover the luxury resort where they are staying is hiding a number of deadly secrets; they must discover why there are ferocious monsters attacking Tranquillity Spa.

Director: Lee Haven Jones
Executive Producer: Chris Chibnall
Screenwriter: Ed Hime
Network: BBC
Rating: TV-PG
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date: Jan 12, 2020

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