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Doctor Who: Twice Upon A Time
Dec. 26th, 2017 04:06 pmThe Christmas Special, and the last outing of the Twelfth Doctor. Also of Steven Moffat as the headwriter/producer of Doctor Who. Though as with RTD who after his own goodbye to the main show wrote some more episodes for both of the spin-offs at the time (i.e. Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures), I could see Moffat returning after a few years for an individual ep or two; after all, he is a life long fan, and some years distance might do his creative powers good. I thought this particular goodbye was elegic in the Grey Havens way, if you'll allow me the LotR comparison, but the last season, much as I loved the Doctor-Bill-Nardole combination and Missy's storyline, overall the sense of writerly exhaustion was to me noticable.
Still: Capaldi's Doctor was hands down my favourite of the entire Moffat era. During the last year once Bill's season was over, I rewatched s8 and 9 and fell in love all over again, with (nearly) all the aspects - Clara and her dynamic with the Doctor going from generic (in the Eleven era) to specific, intense and unforgettable, the Doctor starting out with the question of whether he's a good man and what that even means and ending with the with the knowledge that "above all, be kind", River getting a worthy send-off and my favourite outing of hers which fixed all the problems I had with how the show handled hers and the Doctor's relationship in s6 and s7, Missy becoming my favourite regeneration of the Master after Delgado (ditto for her relationship with the Doctor in terms of variations of the Doctor/Master dynamic), the unexpectedly delightful presence of Nardole, and Bill, vibrant, curious, wonderful Bill. I will miss them all, dreadfully, even though I'm really looking forward to getting to know Jodi Whittaker's Doctor, and her Companions. Such is the way of Doctor Who.
On to the episode proper.
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Still: Capaldi's Doctor was hands down my favourite of the entire Moffat era. During the last year once Bill's season was over, I rewatched s8 and 9 and fell in love all over again, with (nearly) all the aspects - Clara and her dynamic with the Doctor going from generic (in the Eleven era) to specific, intense and unforgettable, the Doctor starting out with the question of whether he's a good man and what that even means and ending with the with the knowledge that "above all, be kind", River getting a worthy send-off and my favourite outing of hers which fixed all the problems I had with how the show handled hers and the Doctor's relationship in s6 and s7, Missy becoming my favourite regeneration of the Master after Delgado (ditto for her relationship with the Doctor in terms of variations of the Doctor/Master dynamic), the unexpectedly delightful presence of Nardole, and Bill, vibrant, curious, wonderful Bill. I will miss them all, dreadfully, even though I'm really looking forward to getting to know Jodi Whittaker's Doctor, and her Companions. Such is the way of Doctor Who.
On to the episode proper.
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