That’s not a typo; the new series of Doctor Who is being called ‘Season One’, despite being nothing of the sort.

And yet, it makes sense.

This is a newly relaunched Doctor Who, with a fresh new face and companion, and simultaneous worldwide availability for the first time.

Yes, we’ve met Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor before (in the excellent Christmas special, The Church On Ruby Road, as well as in the final act of The Giggle). However, here, with new companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) taking her very first trip on the TARDIS, her questions and the Doctor’s responses bring new and even more casual viewers bang up to date with the most important parts of the lore, old and more recent.

Plus, it drops the Doctor and Ruby into a standalone adventure, that gives both characters something to deal with that immediately feels relatable to their own, freshly discussed, histories.

Space Babies sees a space station crewed by talking tykes who have a problem with a monster below decks, and an issue with dwindling resources that will soon prove fatal.

Enter the Doctor and Ruby to save the day, with a little help from the babies themselves of course.

It’s a really light and genuinely entertaining episode; though the lip syncing on the babies isn’t always particularly convincing (to say the least), let me tell you that us Doctor Who fans have never let wobbly special effects put us off enjoying the show.

There’s a few hints as to what’s developing in the background with the mystery of where Ruby came from, but it’s all kept fairly low key.

There’s pretty overt pro-choice and immigration commentary, which is sure to annoy all of the right people. You know the ones; YouTubers accusing Doctor Who of suddenly being woke, seemingly without irony, or any awareness that the show has always been politically aware and, for a very long time, pretty diverse too.

It’s a really good start for the series and a superb jumping on point for newbies, which of course is the point. It’s got everything a standalone episode of Who needs, including a fairly scary monster (which I shall say no more about!), clever humour (a repeated joke concerning a profanity filter is excellent) and a fantastic demonstration of the Doctor’s compassion, as well as their unwillingness to resort to violence or killing, unless it’s the absolute last resort.

Millie Gibson is lovable and capable as Ruby Sunday, and as for new Doctor Ncuti Gatwa?

He just oozes energy, charisma and infectious enthusiasm, but he can also cope with the inevitable pathos that comes with being the long-lived, renegade Time Lord. He’s absolutely wonderful, and I can’t wait to continue travelling with him over the course of his era.