11.03 ‘Rosa’ was so good.

terapsina:

So so so so so so good.

And it totally made me cry a few times. And it made something tight hurt inside my stomach.

And everything in me rebelled at the way Ryan and Yaz were treated in that time. And of course at the glimpse into the injustice of that time and the situation which made Rosa stand up for herself (…so to speak).

There were so many powerful moments in this episode. Like the conversation between Ryan and Yaz when they were hiding behind a dumpster from the racist cop. And the moment where they were thrown out of that diner. And the part where Yaz couldn’t figure out where she was ‘supposed’ to sit. And of course the end, where they all had to sit and be silent and do nothing and be complicit because the moment where Rosa Parks refuses to stand and gets arrested for it is too important.

But I also love this episode because of its other moments too. Like the excitement on Ryan’s face at getting to serve coffee to Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. Or him getting to blast a time traveling white supremacist into the far reaches of the past (hope he ends up having a TERRIBLE time).

Or the time Yaz spent with Rosa Parks talking about being a police officer and that connection they made. 

Or the part where Ryan and Graham mentioned Grace and how she would have started a riot.

Or the way The Doctor gives them the opportunity to go back to the TARDIS because no, they shouldn’t have to deal with this racist garbage and they stay to help protect the history of the woman who had fought for the future they live in.

Like… this is honestly one of the best Doctor Who episodes ever. It’s certainly one of the most important ones. And I’m definitely going to rewatch it again. And again after that probably.