YMMV / Doctor Who S27 E3 "The Unquiet Dead"

• Accidental Aesop: The episode was perceived in some quarters as an attack on immigration (since the episode features aliens who come to Earth on the pretence of finding a new home after their planet was blown up, but are actually attempting to invade), even though the subtext was entirely unintentional.
• Alternative Character Interpretation: The Gelth - evil conquerors with no regard to sanctity of other life, or just one of many beings driven mad by the Time War, trying desperately to cling to life themselves?
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • There was originally going to be a scene in which the Doctor was mistaken for Sneed's new cleaner. Someone would have stated, "I thought you'd be a woman" to which the Doctor replies "No, not yet". In 2017, that came to pass.
  • When Sneed was written as much younger, Gatiss considered David Tennant for the role. Barely a few months later, who was the Doctor’s next reincarnation?
• Ho Yay: The Doctor calles Charles Dickens Charlie...
  Dickens: No one calls me Charlie.
  The Doctor: The ladies do.
• What Do You Mean, It's Not Political?: The episode is often read as an allegory for how war refugees should be treated with suspicion and can never assimilate into society. It just happened to come out at a time when asylum seekers were featured heavily in the news.

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