I'm upset.
Which is actually impressive, since the only episode before this one that has made me tear up in the Moffat era is 'Vincent and the Doctor'. The preview for the Christmas special suggests that this is not the end for Clara and Danny, but the end is still very bleak.
It is fun to see Clara channel the Doctor in the first scene. She has played the part before, so it doesn't actually bring anything new to the table, especially since the audience knows it is a lie (I mean, at least to me this was obvious). But then Danny as a cyberman shows up. The way his head bowed down when he confirmed that Clara is an excellent liar was just so sad and made me immediately realise that it was Danny.
The scene where people were taking selfies with the cybermen was annoying. I just hate it when the current generation is portrayed as nothing more than as addicted to technology. Luckily it was just UNIT playing along. I like Kate, she's pretty awesome.
Why did Danny bring Clara to a cemetery? Sure it looks good, but why there? Also, the shaky, hand-held camera is not good. Don't do that.
So I'm gonna guess that the woman that tipped UNIT was actually Missy? Which didn't really makes sense at first. But I guess if you really don't plan on ruling the world, then why not tip off some people.
Why did you have to kill Osgood?? I liked her, she was fun and sweet and if Kate can survive falling off a plane why couldn't she survive? Also the scene where Missy tells Osgood she is going to kill her and then the countdown was super weird.
Clara talking to Danny about the Doctor without realising it was Danny was painful. I feel so bad for Danny. He didn't ask for any of this, but because Clara stumbled into his life he is now dead and also a cyberman. And now Clara is saying things that have the power to hurt Danny worse than anything else.
Now, Seb has been a bit an odd character but that moment that he said "permission to squeee" was amazing. That was the moment I fell in love with him.
Doctor, why are you letting Clara activate Danny alone? This does not seem right.
I'm still not quite convinced by Michelle Gomez's Master. She is very over-the-top and, like she says, she's completely "bananas". And I'm not an expert on accents, but hers seems to change a lot, which is annoying, and the whole Mary Poppins thing is just weird. Gomez's acting is wonderful, but the choices seem a bit weird to me.
I love the moment Danny takes command of the army, not as their superior, but as their equal, as a fellow soldier. Danny, you are an amazing character and I love you. You seriously need to get back from where ever you are stuck.
In the new series there was always a subtext to the Doctor's relationship with the Master, so I imagine the kisses in this and the previous episode made some of the fandom really happy.
Doctor Who has a tendency to do very grand scale finales, but I love the fact that, while at first this seems to follow that same line, in the end this is very focused on Clara, Danny, the Doctor and the Master. It all comes down to them.
Why was Missy so keen to keep Clara and the Doctor together? This doesn't really make sense to me...
Now, I have only seen 2 or 3 Classic Who episodes with Brigadier, but damn that salute in the end was emotional.
Moffat is still borrowing a lot of imagery from earlier seasons.
Cybermen setting the cloud on fire was very 'The Poison Sky' and Clara
waking up to Danny calling her name was like a recreation of a scene
from 'Doomsday'. What's up with this?
In the end both Clara and the Doctor keep up the tradition of lying by not telling each other what really happened. And the image of the Doctor attacking the TARDIS console is painful. This ending is so sad and I'm glad Clara's story is not going to end like this. Bring on Christmas!
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