Nostalgia, for better or worse, is a potent factor towards enjoyment. In Space Babies, Doctor Who’s first episode of a new season – the newly regenerated Doctor being played by Ncuti Gatwa – the nostalgia that was invoked for me is for one of the worst movies of all time: Baby Geniuses.
Now, I know what you’re thinking: “How the heck does anyone have nostalgia for Baby Geniuses?!”. A family comedy from 1999 with 2% on Rotten Tomatoes about talking babies being super geniuses is not the exact reference point that Doctor Who usually strives for. But there’s something unavoidable about nostalgia when it triggers. For me, that just so happened to be when the babies in Space Babies opened their mouths, their lips and gums digitized to form words, and my soul shuddered but fluttered with the memory of a film long lost to the annals of childhood.
This review was first posted on May 18th 2024. Full review linked below.
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