Images and info for Wish World, the penultimate episode of Doctor Who season two which stars Ncuti Gatwa, Varada Sethu & Millie Gibson.
Cultbox continue to collect pieces to the puzzle that is the two-part season finale. Even before last week’s episode they released a post with preliminary information and tidbits concerning “Wish world”.
Together, these two posts contain enough teasers to not quite spoil, but promise some very interesting conundrums about this week’s first finale entry.
The obvious modern comparison for “zany alternate reality” is “The Wedding of River Song”.
I’m a little ambivalent so far - the idea can hit or miss depending on whether they can get me invested in what’s going on. The cast certainly has the chops for it, and RTD is capable of it, though his track record with sticking the landing need not be discussed here.
The more screenshots and teasers I see, the more it seems they’re going for “oppressive surrealism” rather than “zany” with the depiction of the alternate reality? My concerns are how they are going to resolve the season arc, and how many more dangling plot threads get tied up.
Apparently, “Space babies” ties in somehow, but also Susan, I guess? Does the mavity thing get straightened out some day? Can we expect more callbacks to the previous season, just to trip us up further? And why exactly have the Rani(s) granted Conrad this “Wish world” if the planet is going to be destroyed by 24th May anyway?
The plot is probably going to thicken over this two-parter, and then be handwaved away by some big dumb spectacle. I just hope I’ll be entertained in the meantime.
