Doctor Who‘s Disinformation Episode Needed a Bit More Bite

Lots of things can be terrifying on Doctor Who. Monsters, of course, are terrifying. Standing the face of the unknown in a vast, undiscovered universe is also pretty terrifying. Our noble hero pushed to dark impulses, a terror in a more cerebral way. But sometimes, the most terrifying thing of all can just be a guy who really, really, really sucks. That Guy Who Sucks is Conrad Clark (played by Jonah Hauer-King, who does a brilliant job saturating Conrad with the most absolutely rancid vibes even before you get to his mid-episode “twist”). At first, “Lucky Day” introduces us to Conrad like many Doctor Who supporting characters before him: we get a brief whimsical encounter in 2007 where he sees the Doctor, Belinda, and the TARDIS, sparking a lifelong obsession with the alien and the unknown that eventually leads to him crossing paths with Ruby after he also witnesses her and the Doctor encounter a hunter-predator alien called the Shreek. What first begins as an awkward podcast intervi ... Read full article.