Doctor Who first look review – Ncuti Gatwa will make this show far more fun than it’s been for years


by The Guardian

The Guardian— This is it! The Fifteenth Doctor is here – and he’s a dazzling, all-singing, all-dancing delight. If only Russell T Davies didn’t spend so much time spoon-feeding new fansChristmas specials don’t count. Intermediate trilogies where David Tennant is the Fourteenth-and-a-Half Doctor or whatever don’t count. The new era of Doctor Who, with Russell T Davies back as the showrunner and Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor, only really begins here, with the new season proper. The first double bill, comprising...

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Daily Mail—Doctor Who meets the Fab Four: Ncuti Gatwa kicks off his first season as the Doctor with a trip back to the 60s. We see the Doctor racing across London on a snazzy 60s scooter, narrowly escaping explosions and monsters with his new assistant Ruby Sunday.

Los Angeles Times—Deadly overdoses fell in U.S. for first time in five years, new estimates show. Deaths from drug overdoses fell last year in the United States as fewer people lost their lives to fentanyl and other opioids, marking the first time the death toll had dropped in five years, according to newly released estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Federal officials said the numbers show a 3% decline in the estimated overdose fatalities between 2022 and 2023. That downturn equates to nearly 3,500 fewer deaths across the U.S. than the year before. The new figures...