Doctor Who: Flux - Survivors of the Flux (2021) - Review
One notable criticism levied at Doctor Who: Flux so far has that it's been too complex, and may well have alienated the show's more casual viewers. This is a bit of a double-edged sword. If Doctor Who plays it too safe, audiences will lose interest. If the show aims for something more complex, far out and cerebral, people turn it off because they can't understand it. Personally, I think that the show can strike a firm balance between the two, and Flux just hasn't quite managed this. For one thing, a large part of the story revolves around the Timeless Child revelations from the end of Series 12...which aired in March 2020. There's no recap in the "previously" segments, and expecting everyone to remember those revelations after a year and a half of...well, you know what seems a bit ridiculous. Also, The Timeless Children is only vaguely comprehensible if you've seen The Deadly Assassin - a four-part Tom Baker story from 1976. Chris Chibnall may h