I’ve done a little bit of grumbling this season aboutDoctor Who’sdearth of monsters.

But still, this isDoctor Who!

If she dies, she’s innocent, and if she lives, she’s a witch.

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Would Britain’s main monarch be wandering the countryside looking for random witch trials to participate in?

The Doctor is a woman, after all, and surely Graham must be the one in charge.

“These are hard times for women,” she grumbles later.

“If we’re not being drowned, we’re being patronized to death.”

And so it’s up to the Doctor to stop them before they infect everyone on the planet.

Is itDoctor Who’smost thoughtful, sophisticated entry?

But sometimes it’s fun to just roll around in the mud.

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