In the blink of an eye you can move from real-world historical figures to alien worlds in the distant future. Every genre imaginable — horror, comedy, romance, satire — can be part of the equation and still fundamentally be "Doctor Who". Six decades (and counting) of canon also means there's plenty of lore to fall back on.

A flashy but shallow premiere, “The Robot Revolution” offers sparks of potential in its new TARDIS duo, but fails to do much else.

The Doctor and Belinda are on an epic quest to return to Earth. However, a mysterious force is preventing their return.