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Doctor Who 9.04
Part two of the unexpected two parter.
Which was entertaining in itself, but once it was over, I thought that Toby Whithouse could have put all of this in a single episode without a problem. Mind you, extending it to two made it feel Old School - that's always the reason for chase scenes in floors.
As I had speculated last week, the Doctor, not the Fisher King, was the one in the suspended animation capsule, and the ghostly Doctor a projection by the living one, though it being nothing more than a holographic projection felt a bit of a let down until I considered that the Clara hologramm last week had set it up, fair and square.
The fake Russian village in Scotland made me immediately think "nuclear test site" and wonder when the bomb would go off, but that's me having been an impressionable teenager in the 80s with the very real fear of the bomb.
Clara getting asked whether life with the Doctor made her more callous with other people's lives and she said it taught her to do what needed to be done picked up a theme from last season again. It's noticable she did wonder last season, but this season not anymore, which in turn mirrors the Doctor not asking the "am I a good man?" question anymore, since last season's finale with Missy let him arrive at a self definition which was neither good or bad but "an idiot with a box", telling stories and trying to help.
He tells a story here at the start and ending, too, which basically sums up the two parters central McGuffin, and I suspect was Toby Whithouse's pitch to Stephen Moffat. And apparantly the season opener wasn't a fluke - Capaldi can really play guitar! Anyway, it's a cool scene, but I maintain my position: the story around it could have been told in a single episode.
RIP UNIT Specialist O'Donnell. Kass and Lunn getting together at the end was nice but I suspect was mainly there because the ghosts of the team outnumbered the living by then, and it was supposed to the the silver lining. Anyway, I was glad these two characters made it out alive. And I hope this wasn't the last time we've seen a deaf person on DW. In fact, here's my new speculation: maybe the two parter was a two parter because it was a sneaky introduction of something or someone, be it character or concept? (I hope the concept wasn't the surrender planet.)
In conclusion: bring on the Vikings next week!
Which was entertaining in itself, but once it was over, I thought that Toby Whithouse could have put all of this in a single episode without a problem. Mind you, extending it to two made it feel Old School - that's always the reason for chase scenes in floors.
As I had speculated last week, the Doctor, not the Fisher King, was the one in the suspended animation capsule, and the ghostly Doctor a projection by the living one, though it being nothing more than a holographic projection felt a bit of a let down until I considered that the Clara hologramm last week had set it up, fair and square.
The fake Russian village in Scotland made me immediately think "nuclear test site" and wonder when the bomb would go off, but that's me having been an impressionable teenager in the 80s with the very real fear of the bomb.
Clara getting asked whether life with the Doctor made her more callous with other people's lives and she said it taught her to do what needed to be done picked up a theme from last season again. It's noticable she did wonder last season, but this season not anymore, which in turn mirrors the Doctor not asking the "am I a good man?" question anymore, since last season's finale with Missy let him arrive at a self definition which was neither good or bad but "an idiot with a box", telling stories and trying to help.
He tells a story here at the start and ending, too, which basically sums up the two parters central McGuffin, and I suspect was Toby Whithouse's pitch to Stephen Moffat. And apparantly the season opener wasn't a fluke - Capaldi can really play guitar! Anyway, it's a cool scene, but I maintain my position: the story around it could have been told in a single episode.
RIP UNIT Specialist O'Donnell. Kass and Lunn getting together at the end was nice but I suspect was mainly there because the ghosts of the team outnumbered the living by then, and it was supposed to the the silver lining. Anyway, I was glad these two characters made it out alive. And I hope this wasn't the last time we've seen a deaf person on DW. In fact, here's my new speculation: maybe the two parter was a two parter because it was a sneaky introduction of something or someone, be it character or concept? (I hope the concept wasn't the surrender planet.)
In conclusion: bring on the Vikings next week!
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This probably could have been one episode, but I liked the characters enough to enjoy having them for two eps. I was terrified that Lunn would get killed and leave Cass alone, and ahhh the scenes with him going out among the ghosts were truly suspenseful. And Cass being completely pissed off was great. I love her. I also wonder if it would be weird to have a romance between you and your sign-language interpretor...I don't actually know if people do that IRL or if it's a bit too caretaker-y. That said, I totally shipped it last episode. They were both my favourites.
I'd figured out about the hologram way back at the end of last episode, but wasn't sure if they'd go with that or not. Though everything having been programmed into the sonic was a nice touch.
The fake Russian village entertained me a lot. And the Fisher King had me thinking Faction Paradox, even though I'm pretty sure he's not. (They give a species name, for one thing.)
UNIT Specialist O'Donnell was a wonderful fangirl without being vicariously embarrassing. Wish she'd made it out.
Quite liking this season on the whole so far. IDK about Vikings next time but then the preview for this one didn't impress me and I ended up enjoying it, so willing to give it a chance.
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Hee, I suspect you don't know about his punk band beginnings? (Granted, guitarist in a punk band doesn't necessarily mean that you are able to play the guitar.)
I thought the affection between Lunn and Cass was set up well and I liked that they got together, especially because it was a nice counterpoint to both Bennett's regret and Clara still being very visibly affected by Danny's death in this episode.