Chris

It was by no means awful and tbf Maestro was rather better than I’d feared, but for me the whole thing was still spoiled by the fact that I *knew* RTD was doing this ‘educate the transphobic masses’ thing with this series, because he had explicitly said as much (and also because of the appalling dialogue, characterisation and casting in the previous special with Tennant and Tate and the stunt-casting of a man who thinks he’s a woman, and is there blatantly for representation and bot because he can act). As you said, too much of the messaging was too blatant and preachy. It spoiled the drama.