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| By: | Matthew David Rabjohns, Bridgend, United Kingdom |
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| Date: | Thursday 14 January 2016 |
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| Rating: |   8 |
I definitely thought the ending with Clara going off with the most annoying character ever on Doctor Who, except for maybe River Song and Rose Tyler, ie Me or whatever the annoying character wants to call herself just a load of balderdash. Who would honestly wanna run off in a TARDIS with a prat whose previously has been responsible for your death I ask you?! Seriously off the mark were the final moments of Hell Bent. One again it was about only Peter Capaldi himself stopping this episode from being another lame duck of a series cliffhanger. And just what the hell does Ohila think she's going on about, saying the Doc's breaking every set of rules he ever made just by doing what he did a long long time ago again?!!!!!!! I don't know. Maybe I'm just thick and someone else can enlighten me.
Hell Bent was such a disappointment that it did truly mar what for me was an otherwise superb season. The double episode Zygon adventure for a start was a rare return to the feel of the old series. Its good to see the Zygons again being developed beyond just being out and out villains. And Peter Capaldi's "peace speech" in part two has to be his Doctor's finest moment ever so far, bar none. What brilliant writing here. And the zygons do a lot more than just stand around in this episode too.
Sleep No More is an odd little episode but I cant see why Ive already seen so much negative stuff from others about it online. I think this episode is definitely different, but good different. And the ending is pretty scary. What Doctor Who should always be. Its not the best episode ever, but its not in the worst section either, not by a long chalk. A stolid Mark Gatiss story as ever.
Face The Raven (until it was totally ruined by the mess that was Hell Bent) was another superb example of Doctor Who at its best. Newcomer writer Sarah Dollard has written the best female written episode of the new series to date. I was crying at Clara's death at the climax of this powerful episode. Ive loved Jenna Coleman, and now I think she's seriously contending with Cat Tate to be my favourite new series companion! But grrrrrrr I still feel so marvellously cheated by what comes after this story in Hell Bent. It totally made me groan. Cant any person in the new who stay dead properly? Especially when their exit before was so gut wrenching. Not a good idea. I think I'll pretend I never saw the end of Hell Bent.
And Heaven Sent I thought was leading up to something great. Peter was absolutely superb in this episode. Handling his almost solo role in an episode nether the less still packed with frights and brilliant scenes. The fact that it didn't really carry on into Hell Bent was a real disappointment for me. Hell Bent was really really annoying.
Which is sad as the rest of the episodes were definitely strong and very enjoyable.
| By: | Jared Harr, St. Marys, United States |
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| Date: | Tuesday 16 May 2017 |
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| Rating: | 3 |
The only really good episode is "Heaven Sent", and even though that episode was immensely awesome it wasn't enough to pull it higher in my vote.
