If there\u2019s one thing Wild Blue Yonder<\/a> has proven about Doctor Who<\/a>, it\u2019s that the show was in dire need of a real space oddity.<\/p>\n Russell T Davies returning to the beloved sci-fi was overwhelmingly exciting for a huge amount of reasons but one of the biggest for me is that he knows just how to write a truly weird episode of Doctor Who \u2013 and when I say weird, I mean really quite unhinged.<\/p>\n The second 60th anniversary special, which saw David Tennant\u2019s Fourteenth Doctor and Catherine Tate\u2019s Donna Noble return, was mysterious from the off, with Davies not wanting to spoil anything about it, even swerving questions in interviews and Q&As when conversations turned towards it \u2013 and clearly for good reasons.<\/p>\n It had the luxury of being out there because The Star Beast<\/a> did all the groundwork. The introductions and re-introductions have been dealt with, the meta-crisis is basically solved, we\u2019ve had not one but two aliens of the week, and the Doctor and Donna are back in the TARDIS<\/a> on their way to who knows where? Cue a huge, and completely bizarre, adventure.<\/p>\n Making a pit stop in 1666 to slightly interrupt Sir Isaac Newton\u2019s discovery of gravity (oh hi Nathaniel Curtis<\/a>), the pair end up on a spaceship at the edge of the universe, facing a very slow countdown to self-destruction. Along the way, they meet terrifying deadly doubles of themselves with just a spot of body horror for good measure.<\/p>\n From the off, Wild Blue Yonder is a bit unsettling and really gets into its stride in what could have been a filler scene with the Doctor splitting off from Donna to fiddle about with some spaceship parts. With the episode beautifully cutting between the two rooms, neither the Doctor nor Donna are alone, instead joined by very creepy doubles who have their memories, mentioning Gallifrey, and Donna\u2019s grandfather Wilf.<\/p>\n Tennant and Tate\u2019s performances have always been brilliant but they reach new heights as their characters are forced to confront gigantic replicas of themselves with sprawling arms and gaping jaws, complete with horrifying smiles. It\u2019s certainly not a completely unique concept, with comparisons surely set to be drawn with at least Jordan Peele\u2019s Us. But it\u2019s executed brilliantly.<\/p> It\u2019s the perfect question to present to the characters and one that can only be presented with these specials as the Doctor and Donna reunite \u2013 can they tell each other apart from an imposter?\u00a0 It\u2019s also beautifully simple. After the busyness of The Star Beast, and what looks set to be utter wonderful chaos in The Giggle,<\/a> we needed a full episode of the Doctor and Donna together. Little did we know we\u2019d get double for our money, plus a beautiful moment with the late Bernard Cribbins<\/a> at the end.<\/p>\n Doctor Who is no stranger to being completely weird. Many of the most iconic, and most widely loved stories are \u2013 including Midnight<\/a>, Blink<\/a>, and The God Complex<\/a>. Some of the weird ones are more divisive (looking at you, Love and Monsters<\/a>) but Doctor Who wouldn\u2019t be Doctor Who without them. As well as the Time Lords and the companions, the Master and the monsters, weirdness is in the very fabric of Doctor Who.<\/p>\n “Hello, me old soldier!”![\"The](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/doctor-who-david-tennant-catherine-tate-wild-blue-yonder-5113ad7.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"The")
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