The following contains spoilers for โ73 Yards.โ Russell T. Davies admits his writing eschews narrative formalism in favor of things that just feel right. Two decades ago, his critics pointed to his use of deus ex machina endings as a stick to beat his reputation with. But weโre in a different era now, where vibes matter just as much as logic โ both inside the showโs new more fantastic skew, and in the real world. โ73 Yardsโ is the vibiest episode of new Doctor Who so far, but I even found it easy to sit back and enjoy what it was doing. Doctor Who is a complicated show to make, and some series have started production on Day 1 a week or more behind schedule. To combat this, the show started making โ-liteโ episodes that didnโt need the leads to be as involved. There are โDoctor-liteโ episodes like โLove and Monstersโ and โBlink,โ and even โcompanion-liteโ episodes like โMidnight.โ This production process enables the star, or stars, to be off shooting Episode A while a guest cast ta...