Yes, Episode 3 of Doctor Who’s latest run was like an episode of Quantum Leap. But the Doctor’s been going back in time and meeting historical figures since in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ever, and tonally this story was more reminiscent of all-time classic Who episode Vincent And The Doctor, written by Richard Curtis in 2010, when the Doctor hung out with Vincent Van Gogh to emotionally devastating effect.###This time Malorie Blackman’s wonderful premise (co-written with Chris Chibnall) centres on the Doctor and her family of companions making sure that a disconcertingly handsome racist killer called Krasko (Joshua Bowman) doesn’t prevent iconic civil rights activist Rosa Parks (Vinette Robinson, exuding determination and dignity) from sitting in the ‘Whites Only’ section of the bus in 1955 Alabama and changing history.###Blackman makes sure Rosa Parks is the heroic agent of transform’alter in her own story.###Unlike most Who stories, in this one it’s not really the Doctor’s (Jodie Whittaker) job to actively help anyone or transform’alter anything; in Blackman’s brilliant conception, she instead has to assure’guarantee Rosa’s legendary act of defiance is not interfered with, mainly via the cunning use of public transport timetables. Blackman makes sure Rosa Parks is the heroic agent of transform’alter in her own story, and vividly dramatises just how tough and fearless’bold courageous she must possess’own’nurse been in the episode’s eye-catching’good-shaped’appealing’charming’fascinating’gorgeous ly stirring climax. And who would possess’own’nurse despite’in spite of’albeit t a few months ago that reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue business’s Bradley Walsh would be moving us all to tears with his key role in proceedings?###Sure, this was all a enormous’vast’massive’tremendous and unapoloacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure ically unsubtle history lesson with regards to’concerning’with respect to racism. But this isn’t a time in/with regard to’concerning’regarding subtlety with regards to’concerning’with respect to such matters. Instead, in a remarkable scene – airing, remember, in a kids’ reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue on BBC1 of a Sunday evening – Yasmin and Ryan, two young individual of colour, reminded us that enormous’vast’massive’tremendous otry is still intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully much a part of daily life.###What a fabulous reminder of the enduring power of Doctor Who.###Read the review of Episode 1, The Woman Who Fell To Earth###Read the review of Episode 2, The Ghost Monument###Read the review of Episode 4, Arachnids In The UK###Read the review of Episode 5, The Tsurunga Conundrum