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Doctor Who – Season 1, Episode 5 Dot and Bubble

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Doctor Who – Season 1, Episode 5

Dot and Bubble

Aired Jun 1, 2024

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Fantasy

Adventure

Drama

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17 Reviews

The world of Finetime seems happy and harmonious, but an awful terror is preying on the citizens; The Doctor and Ruby must make them see the truth before it's too late.

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A withering treatment of the terminally online with slithering monsters thrown in for good measure, "Dot and Bubble" is another memorable adventure for The Doctor.

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Jordan King

Empire Magazine

07/11/2024

3/5

Its messaging may be more timely than some of its dated dialogue and heavy-handed delivery, but a truly bold, jaw-slackening final act and a star-making turn from Callie Cook help ‘Dot And Bubble’ stick the landing.

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Vicky Jessop

London Evening Standard

06/03/2024

3/5

I’m all for bleakness in Who, and "Dot and Bubble" gives it to us in spades.

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Ed Power

Independent (UK)

06/03/2024

4/5

Davies is hardly dropping bombshells. Still, “Dot and Bubble” is a generally fun episode, and the bugs are way out front for the prize of the season’s most disgusting villains.

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Emmet Asher-Perrin

Reactor

Jul 28

[The episode is] better for the fact that we’re being given the plot through Lindy’s eyes. Encouraging the viewer to fully engage with her point of view, perhaps even empathize with her plight, is the surest way to give the ending its maximum impact.

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William Tucker

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

06/24/2024

9/10

Doctor Who Season 1 Episode 5 “Dot and Bubble” is an example of Davies’ mature storytelling that has occurred multiple times this season. The subject matter and the darkness of it don’t feel like a typical Doctor Who episode.

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Jack Ori

TV Fanatic

06/06/2024

4/5

The message was obvious, yet the story needed to be told.

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Synopsis

The world of Finetime seems happy and harmonious, but an awful terror is preying on the citizens; The Doctor and Ruby must make them see the truth before it's too late.

Director: Dylan Holmes Williams
Executive Producer: Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner, Jane Tranter, Joel Collins, Phil Collinson
Screenwriter: Russell T. Davies
Network: Disney+
Rating: TV-PG
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adventure, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date: Jun 1, 2024