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In Spyfall, the 13th Time Lord finds the world being fast-tracked to oblivion by megalomaniacs. It’s hard not to see it as an allegory for Boris’s Britain
Lenny Henry is 93% human. “What’s the other 7%?” asked Doctor Who’s sidekick Yaz after she surreptitiously scanned his DNA with a handheld device that left my smartphone feeling pretty inadequate.
It is a good question, and the answer is not mince pies. Lord Leonard of Dudley is leaner and meaner than ever in this first episode of the new Doctor Who series, in which he plays Daniel Barton, a person of colour who has overcome all kinds of obstacles to become CEO of a global techno-oligarchy called VOR. Continue reading...