It is hard to believe that this episode was shot in South Africa as the setting was Montgomery, Alabama, 1955 and it was so well recreated.
The time travelling villain Krasko wanted to keep it simple. Change history in small degrees, making sure that Rosa Parks just does not get on the bus.
The Doctor on the other hand is there to make sure that history goes on as destined.
For Ryan and Yasmin, they get to consider themselves lucky that being born a few decades later, they have it a lot better than Rosa Parks and other black people did back in the 1950s. As Ryan discovers when he is slapped as he tries to give a white woman her glove that she dropped.
The extended Tardis team of Graham, Yasmin and Ryan were well utilised as they all had a part to play in this episode. The Doctor herself showed more teeth against the villain. I suspect Krasko will show up later in the series.
It probably did feel a preachy at the end when the Doctor tells everyone what Rosa achieved, not helped that the new Tardis interior looks rather odd.
The time travelling villain Krasko wanted to keep it simple. Change history in small degrees, making sure that Rosa Parks just does not get on the bus.
The Doctor on the other hand is there to make sure that history goes on as destined.
For Ryan and Yasmin, they get to consider themselves lucky that being born a few decades later, they have it a lot better than Rosa Parks and other black people did back in the 1950s. As Ryan discovers when he is slapped as he tries to give a white woman her glove that she dropped.
The extended Tardis team of Graham, Yasmin and Ryan were well utilised as they all had a part to play in this episode. The Doctor herself showed more teeth against the villain. I suspect Krasko will show up later in the series.
It probably did feel a preachy at the end when the Doctor tells everyone what Rosa achieved, not helped that the new Tardis interior looks rather odd.