Doctor Who: The Giggle on BBC One review – David Tennant's 'finale' may well be the best ever hour of the show
So it’s goodbye David Tennant again, and over to you Ncuti Gatwa! Except, no! The big twist in this twistiest of episodes – one that may well be the best hour of Who ever – is that the three-episode reprise of Tennant’s Doctor is not quite the end for him at all.
What seemed to be simply a canny way for Russell T Davies to bring some goodwill back to the Whouniverse, using a Tennant as a drum-roll for Ncuti Gatwa’s new reign, was not merely that, not just cynicism: it was a chance to crowd please a crowd in need of a damn good pleasing.
What a rare delight to watch prime time Saturday night TV delivered with such aplomb. This short run has echoed Marvel’s
