Flux, the present season of Doctor Who, has seen the collection adapt to the bizarre instances of pandemic-induced episode cuts with an experimental hail mary: a singular story advised over six chapters. Two chapters in, it’s… laborious to say simply how nicely hailed that mary has been, if you’ll. But showrunner Chris Chibnall says that followers needs to be seeking to this week’s midway level to get an precise clearer image of what’s occurring.

Speaking to Doctor Who Magazine (through Radio Times) about “Once, Upon Time,”—the third episode of Doctor Who: Flux—Chibnall touched upon one thing that’s made the first two episodes really feel rather less coherent than they arguably ought to’ve been if this was a typical season of Doctor Who. Basically, they’re selecting up loads of stuff, and have but to truly put most of them down, resulting in a complicated vomit of plot threads which can be left to dangle within the ether whereas we sometimes stare at a Sontaran on a horse. There’s been new villains, shrunken homes, canine aliens displaying as much as save Earth, the titular universe-eating Flux itself, Weeping Angels, a wonky TARDIS, and that’s barely scratching the floor of all of it. But Chibnall says that for at the least a few of these issues, plans ought to come into focus very quickly.

“In terms of form, and structure, especially in Chapter Three–[it] really does take the show in a new direction,” Chibnall advised the journal. “It’s very ambitious, and it credits the audience with sophistication and intelligence. Which is something we always do, of course, but with this, it’s very much asking you to trust the show and go on a ride. Not everything is given to you in the moment. As with a lot of television now, it credits the audience with a degree of patience–that they’re not going to know quite what’s going on.”

The showrunner hopes that the following episode, set to focus extra on these aforementioned new villains, The Swarm and Azure—who appear to have an unknown beef with the Doctor, and know way more about them than they do these murderous alien siblings—will remind followers of one other behemoth within the artwork of throwing down loads of narrative threads for future pickup: Marvel Studio’s unending craving to at all times be organising what’s subsequent. “For me, it was reminiscent of some of the shows that I love–of the way that Marvel Studios are telling stories; the way they’ll parcel out the information, and things can seem incredibly random and abstract, but they’re not in the end,” Chibnall added. “They’re part of a very cohesive whole, but you don’t get served straight away.”

We’ve obtained 4 extra episodes to see if Chibnall can comply with within the footsteps of 1 of popular culture’s most profitable teasers round. Doctor Who: Flux continues on BBC One and BBC America this Sunday, November 14.

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