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The\u00a0episode \u201cOxygen\u201d begins with\u00a0the Doctor saying \u201cSpace: the final frontier.\u201d He then talks about space, the void, wanting to kill us. The first scene after the credits features the Doctor lecturing about how space kills us (eventually leading to a student asking what that has to do with crop rotation).<\/p>\n

Responding to a distress call, the Doctor says, \u201cYou only see the true face of the universe when its asking for your help\u2026we show iurs by how we respond.\u201d The Doctor, Bill, and Nardole find a copper ore mining station in which no oxygen is present, or allowed, except in spacesuits \u2013 for a price. \u201cCapitalism<\/a> in space,\u201d the Doctor remarks.\u00a0The\u00a0spacesuits had been sent a command to kill their organic component, leading to a bunch of zombies walking around seeking to kill those who are still alive.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0564\"There is a great scene about prejudice, in which Bill reacts towards someone named Dahren with blue skin.<\/p>\n

In saving Bill by giving her his helmet, the Doctor ends up blind. They struggle to manage in faulty suits, and eventually the Doctor realizes that it isn\u2019t a hack, but business<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know what\u2019s wrong with this universe. Everyone says its not their fault. Yes it is!\u201d<\/p>\n

The organic components had become inefficient, and so the company started deactivating them. The Doctor comes up with a plan which will result in the station blowing up if they die, making it more expensive to kill them than to keep them alive. The Doctor says that corporate dominance in space will be ended in about six months from when they dropped the two survivors from the station off at head office.<\/p>\n

The overall message about the commodification of necessities is a powerful one. And there is a great pun about \u201cfighting the suits.\u201d Nature wants to kill us, but humans find great ways of avoiding death both on planets and in space \u2013 when we work together in the best interest of humanity and for the common good. Now, when nature kills us, it tends to be due to others who chose profit over people. And that is indeed our fault.<\/p>\n

Despite surgery that is supposed to restore his sight, we find out at the end end of the episode that the Doctor is still blind<\/a>. This will\u00a0make for a fascinating remainder of the season!<\/p>\n

What did you think of \u201cOxygen\u201d?<\/p>\n

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