Well, at least this is up before the last episode airs. It is difficult to write about an episode of television when the story is not finished, but I will try to come up with something. Maybe after the next episode, this one won't feel so weird, but as a stand-alone, this does not work.
Why does Clara have a ton of post-it notes in her living room with words on them that have to do with the Doctor and her travels with him? I don't get it.
Danny's death in the beginning comes out of nowhere and sadly had absolutely no impact on me as I just kept thinking that there was no way in hell that the death would stick. When was the last time a recurring character actually died? I can't remember a single one. Rory kept dying a lot, but that never stuck and when the Ponds "died" they were sent to the past, so they technically didn't die. River lives in a computer now, so she's not dead. Recurring characters just don't die on this show. Plus the episode did not spend enough time exploring Clara's grief, she just suddenly went from numb and doing nothing to blackmailing the Doctor, which seemed very weird and made absolutely no sense to me.
The pace of the episode is off in other places as well. Everything is rushed in the beginning so that the Doctor and Clara can get to the 3W facility, but when they get there; nothing happens and the episode becomes incredibly slow. Not good. They should have given Clara more time to grieve and then move through the facility in quicker pace, cos that shit was boring.
If someone says to you that "I'm not going to kill you until you say something nice", then why the hell would you say something nice?? Wouldn't you just keep insulting this person so they would not kill you? This is stupid.
The reveal that Missy is the Master was a surprise. I didn't think they'd bring that character back. I haven't seen a lot of the Classic Who so my refecence for the character is Derek Jacobi and John Simms' portrayals. So far I'm not impressed with Michelle Gomez's portrayal of the character, sometimes her tone of voice is just weird and kind of annoying, which makes me miss John Simms. He was amazing. But I do have to wonder, how the hell is the Master back?? The last time we saw him Ten send him back to the Time War with the rest of the High Council. So did the moving of Gallifrey allow him to survive and escape?
Lets hope the next episode is better.
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