Doctor Who
admonition : Spoilers ahead forDoctor Whoseason 15 , episode 2 , " Lux . “Doctor Whoseason 15 , episode 2 , " Lux , " included a scene so cool that I ’m struggling to call back a time in recent chronicle when the show thought so outside the box , and it ranks near the top of the best instant in an sequence that was litter with awesome chronological succession . “Lux " was a roller coaster ridethat gained a new member of theDoctor Whoseason 15 castwhen it introducedAlan Cumming as Mr. Ring - a - Ding / Lux Imperator , and it does so by blending bouncy - action footage with 2D animation .
However , the installment does n’t restrict itself to using vivification to play Lux to life , as the Fifteenth Doctor ( Ncuti Gatwa ) and Belinda Chandra ( Varada Sethu ) also make the jump to another medium . By theend of " Lux,“season 15 had set itself a very gamy standard thanks to the increased budget forDoctor Who ’s Disney eradovetailing perfectly with a fascinating hand from showrunner Russell T. Davies . The twist is n’t something that can happen all too often , if ever again , but I ’m glad it took place at all .
Doctor Who Season 15’s Animated Sequence Was A Breath Of Fresh Air
It was great to see the Doctor in 2D
Doctor Whohas been move for so long now that it has do to boil thing down to a specific convention . grant , there is still quite a destiny of wiggle room withinDoctor Who ’s typical blueprint , but there are certain things it never does and that I never anticipate it to do . The animated sequence of the Doctor and Belinda in " Lux " definitely fall into that category for me , as did the heavy VD of animation used to bring Lux to life in general .
Something like that always stood on the precipice of being too much , or just coming across as downright cheesy . It did do a little bit of the latter , but no more than a lot ofDoctor Whoturns out to be .
Despite seeing the trailer and being quick for Mr. Ring - a - Ding to enter the strong-arm realm , I was unprepared for the Doctor and Belinda ’s animate sequence . Something like that always stand on the precipice of being too much , or just issue forth across as downright cheesy . It did do a little turn of the latter , but no more than a slew ofDoctor Whoturns out to be . gratefully , it not only sits perfectly among the rest of the instalment but also resist out as one of the most original and creative decision I ’ve control from the show in years .
Fifteen & Belinda Being Animated Was Hilariously Self-Referential
Davies didn’t shy away from meta jokes about animation and storytelling
Despite the scenario being quite a troubling one within the human race of the show , the Doctor and Belinda still set up time to make me laughduring their time as animated characters . It took everything very literally , and the fact that they freed themselves from the cartoon by sharing their deepest secrets to " acquire depth " was just as clever as it was on - the - nose . That being said , when it comes to dealing withmembers ofDoctor Who ’s Pantheon , it always helps to resort to maverick solution - and this for certain is that .
Doctor Who ’s Disney earned run average has made a habit of quite clearly break the fourth wall , but one example of this in season 15 ’s untier is easy to miss .
Even before this scene , Lux was also stool ego - aware jokes about invigoration . While he was struggling to climb the stairs , winded from his forced terpsichore number , he drop a comment about regret learning what perspective was . He was immense when he first emerged from the sieve at the beginning of the instalment , but must have bit by bit become smaller and less physically frightening after adapting to the weighing machine of his milieu . In an episode like " Lux , " it would have been a waste not to include worldbuilding dialog like this - especially with all the other late 4th - rampart breaks .
I Couldn’t Help But Be Reminded Of Another Long-Running Show That Went Animated
Supernatural’s crossover with Scooby-Doo came to mind
Watching " Lux , " specially the Doctor ’s animated scene with Belinda , immediately brought to intellect a 2018 episode of television receiver from a completely dissimilar show . Supernaturalseason 13 ’s " Scoobynatural " allowed a crosswalk that no one ever carry withScooby - Doo , Where Are You!- and the Winchester brothers were pull into the iconic animated show . Both appearance were tonally disparate , butWarner Bros. find a way to make the collaboration surprisingly cohesive . Of course , the Winchesters were experiencing a specific episode of a " real - globe " toon , whereasDoctor Whois make use of an quicken character that exists only within the show ’s canon .
Dr. Who Season 15 ’s Release docket On Disney+
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Release Date ( 2025 )
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" The Robot Revolution "
April 12
2
" Lux "
April 19
3
" The Well "
April 26
4
" Lucky Day "
May 3
5
" The Story and the locomotive "
May 10
6
" The Interstellar Song Contest "
May 17
7
" Wish World "
May 24
8
" The Reality warfare "
May 31
I also found it impossible to snub the aesthetical similarities between " Lux " and 1988’sWho Framed Roger Rabbit . The groundbreaking movie hybridized live - action and animation in a way that had never been achieved before - at least not quite so extensively . WithoutRoger Rabbitlaying the foot , level likeDoctor Who ’s " Lux " would either have never happen at all or would still not quite be up to the same standard as they are now .
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