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Doctor Who: The Star Beast review – David Tennant is back and gloriously eccentric

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Warning: this review is also a recap, meaning it contains spoilers for the episode

The Doctor has always had a complicated relationship with time and space, and never has that been truer than in the case of “The Star Beast”, the first of three episodes marking Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary.

It’s a new show starring an old Doctor – , who becomes the Tardis’s 10th AND 14th custodian. Meanwhile, as the franchise recovers from the disastrous tenure of Chris Chibnall and forges a new future, it is turning to a past showrunner, . As if that wasn’t enough

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