The Witch's Familiar standalone and double episode reviews
Crossposted from fardell24
The Witch's Familiar
The follow up episode to The Magician's Apprentice. (Reviewing on it's own merits. The review of the two parter as such will be next.) This wasn't as disjointed as the previous outing (by virtue of it being set entirely on Skaro). There are a few interesting interactions, although why Clara is showing so much naivity towards Missy is not well understood. However, the interactions between the Doctor and Davros make up for that, with some very good discussions about compassion (particularly that of the Doctor and the lack of it in the Daleks) and respect (the way Davros dismisses it as a design flaw).
A question, though, how does the Doctor produce regeneration energy on a whim, as it were? (It has happened before, but that was Romana, not the Doctor.) A good conclusion to the two-parter. 7.5/10.
Crossposted from fardell24
The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar
The opening double episode to Series Nine. Taken together, the episodes are still interesting, yet disjointed. How Clara has become important at UNIT hasn't been answered, nor has the question of why Colony Ssarf has come to serve Davros. It's clear why Davros wants him there, but what does Colony Ssarf (or the constituent snakes) get out of it? However, the addition of the second episode has cleared some things up, such as what the Doctor was up to, and the source of his shame.
And the follow up to Young Davros' encounter was well done. 7.25/10.
The Witch's Familiar
The follow up episode to The Magician's Apprentice. (Reviewing on it's own merits. The review of the two parter as such will be next.) This wasn't as disjointed as the previous outing (by virtue of it being set entirely on Skaro). There are a few interesting interactions, although why Clara is showing so much naivity towards Missy is not well understood. However, the interactions between the Doctor and Davros make up for that, with some very good discussions about compassion (particularly that of the Doctor and the lack of it in the Daleks) and respect (the way Davros dismisses it as a design flaw).
A question, though, how does the Doctor produce regeneration energy on a whim, as it were? (It has happened before, but that was Romana, not the Doctor.) A good conclusion to the two-parter. 7.5/10.
Crossposted from fardell24
The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar
The opening double episode to Series Nine. Taken together, the episodes are still interesting, yet disjointed. How Clara has become important at UNIT hasn't been answered, nor has the question of why Colony Ssarf has come to serve Davros. It's clear why Davros wants him there, but what does Colony Ssarf (or the constituent snakes) get out of it? However, the addition of the second episode has cleared some things up, such as what the Doctor was up to, and the source of his shame.
And the follow up to Young Davros' encounter was well done. 7.25/10.