Orphan 55
"Orphan 55" is the third episode of the twelfth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, first broadcast on BBC One on 12 January 2020.
[1] In the episode, the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and her companions Graham O'Brien (Bradley Walsh), Ryan Sinclair (Tosin Cole), and Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill) are transported to a tranquility spa after Graham wins a free holiday, but the resort turns out to be on a barren 'orphan' planet overrun with mutated beings.
As Ryan retrieves a snack from a vending machine, he is infected by a Hopper virus, which the Doctor is able to extract from him.
The Doctor convinces Hyph3n to give her access to the "linen cupboard", which is actually a security room with an armoury, where they meet Kane.
Making matters worse, the Hopper virus also found its way into the spa's systems, disabling the transporter and security cameras.
The group makes a run for a nearby service tunnel, but the Dregs kill Hyph3n and Benni is shot by Kane.
After the Doctor, Yaz, and Graham discover a rusted sign, in Russian, for a Novosibirsk metro platform, they deduce that Orphan 55 is actually Earth after it was devastated by global climate change and nuclear war in an unknown year.
The Doctor tells them that while this timeline is only a possibility, she cannot promise that it will not come to pass; humanity can either make a positive change or accept its fate and end up like the Dregs.
Club, Caroline Siede viewed "Orphan 55" as a "return to the too-often disappointing status quo of last season", criticising the episode's pacing, the excessive number of guest characters and a message on climate change that "doesn’t do enough legwork to earn it as a conclusion".
[13] In addition, there were criticisms aimed at the costume design for the characters Hyph3n, Nevi, and Sylas, branded by one reviewer for Syfy.com as "a deeply off-brand Sister of Plenitude-style feline who more resembles Barf from Spaceballs cosplaying in a Battlestar Galactica uniform" and "wearing the least realistic sci-fi wigs I've seen since Jewel Staite in Space Cases".
