Rewatching Doctor Who: New Earth

[vivdunstan]

This last week marked 20 years since the start of David Tennant's first full series of Doctor Who. We weren't planning to rewatch anything, but stumbled at midnight that night into a rewatch of "New Earth". I wouldn't be surprised if we rewatch more episodes over the coming weeks ...

I jotted down some quick thoughts while watching.

• DT so young!
• Seeing Mickey is going to be *challenging*, but hey ho
• Nice to combine first new Tenth series story with a sequel to End of the World
• So many lift shafts and stair scenes in this early era of New Who!
• Adjoa Andoh's voice even more recognisable for me now after watching some of Bridgerton
• Certainly pre Covid, with the Doctor opening up multiple patient cells, full of people infected with many diseases, and saying it’s ok as long as you don’t touch them
• Marvellous cat acting from Doña Croll particularly
• Very dark storytelling, but also incredibly concise for the runtime - RTD 2 could take lessons
• Overall a fun intro to a new series. And the middle part of an elongated trilogy story of sorts, which I hadn't appreciated back then.