The plot of the first episode was a bit... simple. But simple isn't bad for an intro. The companions are kinda cardboard at this point. I think they killed the wrong one. Where's the TARDIS? I hope they find it soon. However, I'm totally on board for this new Doctor. Maybe Tom Baker was right and the role is actor-proof. Whittaker is certainly handling the role well so far.
I do have one question: she survived the fall from the TARDIS, how? Resilient lady. Shouldn't that fall have brought another regen? Okay. Two questions. It's kinda the same question though.
Ah that's easy - the steel metal roof broker her fall.Cool. Doc is Supergirl now... more powerful than a locomotive... roof.
I officially don't like Ryan, even though the Call of Duty bit was amusing.
And I didn't care for the new TARDIS interior. I might not mind it if it was brighter. Maybe paint the strange roundish wall lattice white, and then light the crystals with blue or a cool green instead of that sickly honey colour. But at least it has a biscuit button, which is almost as good as a muffin button.
I always prefer the inside brighter like it was for Pertwee and the 80s, but I dig the new design.
All of the companions are still leaving me cold. I hope this improves.
The plots are still meh, but passable.
But I love 13!
And love the new opening.
Spoiler for Hidden:
Would it had made any difference if that was his intention?
Either way I think she would have been angry with him - which in hindsight what he did probably was the best thing to do in that case.
All in all I'd say the episode was inoffensively mediocre.
Spoiler for Hidden:
The racist guy was really a nothing. They didn't even properly sell any of his motivations. Yes, he potentially could be something, but as it stands, nothing he did amounted to anything at all. The story was really quite vapid and only served to talk about Rosa Parks, not develop any sort of story.
The Morax weren't effectively dealt with either, just imprisoned to become someone else's eventual burden.
None of the other antagonists truly qualify as villains.
Yes, but this Doctor is not an interesting thing for a holiday special. :D
If anything, I would say New Year's is TOO interesting of a holiday for a special. Christmas is the boring holiday where people sit home and be bored at the TV. New Year's is where they're too busy having fun to watch TV.