Doctor Who S1E3 The Giggle ★★★☆☆

Like many of Davies’ big episodes each act does feel very disconnected, with the initial big problem of the eponymous giggle not really mattering at all after the source of it is found and everything in the back of the toy shop just sort of happening. Does feel a bit like an old serial in that way I suppose.

And then everything kind of gets swept away for the bigeneration and getting Doctor Who into a therapy programme, which somehow actually manages to land. The ball game is a bit naff but introducing Gatwa in this absurd way, with his self-assurance and energy contrasting with Tennant playing a Doctor who has been worn to the bone by everything he has gone through is great.