This is late, again, mostly since I just don't have enough energy for Doctor Who these days. Anyway, this week it is Clara's turn to be the Doctor when the Doctor himself is stuck in the TARDIS and the attack of 2-dimensional people is imminent.
I thought this was a decent episode, the monster was interesting, and it was funny. There were some great humourous moments with the Doctor and I loved the scene where Clara pulled a sledgehammer from her bag. And the monsters do not become boring since they change shape half way through. I'd say they were scarier when they were "invisible" because I'm a firm believer that what you cannot see is always scarier than what you can see, but even in 3-D the monsters are freaky. They are kinda like flickering zombies.
For some reason it really bothers me that Clara gets annoyed that the TARDIS did not take her exactly where it was supposed to. I mean, come on! The TARDIS has never been reliable, and when Nine was taking Rose home he missed the right spot by a year, and now she gets annoyed when they end up few hundred miles off. It's not the Doctor's fault and the TARDIS was only taking them where they were needed, so stop being pissed off, Clara.
I did not expect Clara's lying come to light this early, though it is only the Doctor who knows exactly what is going on. Danny may suspect something, but he is not sure yet. But it seems he is involved in next week's adventure, so I wonder how that happened. Also the Doctor is not mad at Clara for lying, instead he is just impressed she managed to fool him.
I like that in the moment when the Doctor is gone and it is all down to Clara, she breaks away from the role of the Doctor. She starts off asking what he would do, but then she asks what she would do to save the day. Nice moment to be independent of the Doctor.
Once again, the supporting characters barely have as many dimensions as the monsters this week. While the focus of the show understandably will be on the two main characters, if the show expects us to care about the characters it introduces each week, then they need to be better written. So it is getting a bit frustraiting to see the show do this over and over again.
This episode also continues the theme of this season of asking what kind of man the Doctor is. It is only a small moment but the Doctor tells Clara that while she makes an awesome Doctor, it has nothing to do with her being good. Clara is confused, but I think he is right. Being a good Doctor does not mean you are a good person.
I'm not going to comment on the overall plot that apparently has something to do with Clara, I'm not comfortable with speculating about that. I'm just going to wait and see how it will pan out, but I have to say that it feels better done than previous arcs.
Even though this was way late, the usual Person of Interest and Supernatural posts will be posted on schedule sometime today.
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