Iintaka ezibulalayo, i-pathogen yasemzini, owayesakuba yipolisa kunye nomyeni wakhe kasomajukujuku-omnye umsebenzi olula kakhulu weNkosi yeXesha.
Ireyithingi yenkwenkwezi yesi-2 kwezi-5. Iqela likaGqirha Ngubani lizenzele ingxaki ethile. Kule veki iphelileyo, basiphathele incasa kaGqirha omtsha owothusayo onobuntu obunamandla, isinxibo se-nattier kunye neTardis ekhazimlayo ebuyela kwimvelaphi engenakubethwa… Sifuna ukubona ngakumbi. Kodwa ke kule veki… oh! Sibuyela kuloo nto kwakhona.
Kodwa iPraxeus, ngokwayo, iyaphoxa. Ubanjiswe ngembeko kwi- showrunner uChris Chibnall kwaye okona kubalulekileyo nguPete McTighe, ogama lakhe lingu-Amazon, Kerblam!, yayisesinye seziqendu ezinamandla kuthotho lwe-11. Bendinethemba lento efanayo eqaqambisayo. Nangona iPraxeus ivelisa imfihlakalo ebangela umdla ekuqaleni ngeentaka ezifileyo, uhlaselo lweentaka, usulelo olubulalayo, ngokukhawuleza luqala ukudipha kunye neplod. Kangangokuba umqambi onesiphiwo uSegun Akinola kufuneka abhenele kwi-burble-muzak, ebengezela phantsi kwayo yonke indawo, ukufihla umoya wamandla.
Njengesiqendu sangaphambili, kukho i-Russell T Davies vibe ebonakalayo. Okungeyonto imbi, ngokuqhelekileyo. Iindawo ezininzi. Iintlobo ezinkulu ezahlukeneyo. Ubudlelwane obungundoqo phantsi kwesoyikiso. Kodwa ngelixa uRussell T ekwazile, ngobukrelekrele, ukuzoba umlinganiswa njengomntu okholelekayo ngokupheleleyo ngemizuzu kunye nemigca embalwa yencoko yababini, ayenzeki apha. Ndisuka ePraxeus ndingazi nto ingako ngaba bantu okanye ndingabakhathalelanga, nokuba bayaphila, okanye bayacwina kwaye baqhekeke. Yayingoobani iivlogger uGabriela noJamila? Ngaba babengamaqabane okanye babeyinto? Isazinzulu-owajika-ngumphambukeli-u-Suki uyalibala ngoko nangoko. Yayingubani umhlobo wakhe uAramu owafela elunxwemeni, engakhange athethe kwaye engaliliswa?
Abalinganiswa abakufutshane nabanomdla banqunyanyisiwe ipolisa uJake kunye nosomajukujuku waseBritane uAdam - ngokuvuzayo, ukuba akumangalisi, isibini esitshatileyo. Ubudlelwane babo obungasebenziyo kunye nokungalingani kwamandla kuzisa ubuntu obuncinci kwinkqubo, kodwa abadlali beqonga uWarren Brown kunye noMatthew McNulty bajongeka ngathi bebesandula ukudibana ngalo mini. U-Kudos, nangona kunjalo, kuMcTighe kunye no-Chibnall ngokubonisa kwangaphambili isibini esithandanayo (uGqirha Oye wabalasela kuthando lwamanenekazi ukusukela oko kwaqalwa ngokutsha) kwaye ubavumele ukuba babe ne-snog efanelekileyo. Akukho Dili enkulu. Akukho ngxaki. Njengoko kufanele ukuba.
UPraxeus utsiba kwihlabathi jikelele: ePeru, eMadagascar, eHong Kong… Ndinebhongo, kodwa andizange ndiyiqonde nakweyiphi na indawo kwezi ndawo. Siziqendu ezithandathu kuthotho lwe-12 kwaye kuyabonakala ngoku ukuba, njengamaxesha onyaka okuqala e-RTD, iTardis ayifane iwushiye uMhlaba. I-Skyfall yafeketha ngokufutshane nge-dimension emnyama (kunye noGallifrey); I-Orphan 55 yajika yaba nguMhlaba wekamva elinxungupheleyo. Into ebonakala ngathi lelinye ilizwe ePraxeus yindawo yengozi phantsi koLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya. Isetingi yenoveli, inikezelwe kakubi. Ngaba singazifumana iiplanethi zamanye amazwe kungekudala?
Yintoni eyenziwa nguPraxeus kuyo? Ewe, njengesiqendu sikaNikola Tesla, kukho ukuseta okubanzi kwemizuzu emihlanu ngaphambi kokuba uGqirha kunye neqela lakhe babonakale. Izicwangciso ezininzi zithetha ukuba i-quartet iyahlukana, yenza ngokuzimeleyo kwaye ufumane isabelo esilungileyo sesenzo. U-Yaz uqala ukuziva njengeqabane elifanelekileyo xa enyanzelisa ukuhlala eHong Kong ukuze aphande eyedwa kunye nenkalipho enesibindi.
Kodwa kunokubakho ingxwabangxwaba encinci ukuba iNkosi yeXesha iyakwazi ukunxibelelana nazo zonke ii-acolytes zayo ngesixhobo esincinci se-comms kwaye emva koko itsibele kwindawo abakuyo kwaye ibahlangule ngokukhawuleza kangangokuba bangazihluphi nokubonisa ibhokisi yamapolisa ukuba yenziwe. Ndandicinga ngeentsuku ezidlulileyo xa uGqirha engakwazi ukuqhuba iTardis kwaye wayelahlekelwa ngumkhondo wamaqabane akhe. Uzikhathaza ngantoni ukuba akaphumi nokubila ngelixa ehlangula uJake ekufeni? Ndiyakwazi ukumsindisa, nje, ukuba ndiyakwazi ukumjikeleza kwi-millisecond ngaphambi kokuba inqanawa iphuke. (Oko akukhange kuncede iqabane likaDoc wesihlanu u-Adric Inyikima yomhlaba !)
Iyelenqe lingena kwiinkxalabo zethu malunga nobhubhane (ngexesha elifanelekileyo), ungcoliseko kunye namasuntswana e-microplastic angena kwikhonkco lokutya, kodwa andithengi kwi-pathogen yangaphandle, imfuno yayo yeplastiki, isoyikiso sasemzini, ulawulo lweentaka, okanye intsholongwane. ukufa (kuye kwaqatshelwa ngokubi nangona kunjalo).
Andimva nje uPraxeus. Imfihlakalo engenazingxabano, encinci yokukhonkotha okanye ukuhleka, akukho nto ingako ukuyihlafuna.
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