It’s 2021 and time once again for a New Year’s Look at Doctor Who
Series 12 of the show introduced some brave new ideas, some of which are major retcons to the show’s ever-changing history. They introduced the latest incarnation of the Master, did some interesting bits with the Cybermen and there are a couple of interesting historical ones.
But whilst many s12 episodes divided opinion, one that definitely didn’t was Orphan 55, everyone seems to agree this episode is bad. The writer Ed Hime has only the bare minimum of writing experience, but does have It Takes Your Away on his IMDb which was a pretty good episode of series 11, so why did this one really not work? Well, let’s take a closer look.
