Doctor Who just did its first full-on African episode, and its amazing

You can't kill Doctor Who.

That's the ultimate meta-lesson from "The Story & the Engine," episode 5 of Season 2 of the show's tenure on Disney+. Even if persistent online rumors that Disney won't renew its co-production for a third season turn out to be true, this 61-year-old BBC show will simply emerge in a new form.

As the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) says in his first ever six-word memoir: "I'm born. I die. I am reborn."

"The Story & the Engine," which mostly takes place inside a barber shop in Lagos...