In Moffat's Doctor Who we always keep doing it all over again
The Doctor is back and this episode had so much past it was almost as old as the Doctor. I wait till the second part to write something more about the plot this is just gushing about the connections both with the Doctor Who history and the people and places. And it has reminded us Peter Capaldi used to be in a band.
[As River says SPOILERS]
I liked the jokes - both Doctor with his anachronisms and Missy with her pay attention to me attitude (every plane in the world stopped just to talk to Clara) - from fish tank to the square in hot country. But the Danny Pink jab was low one and the fit she threw at even the mention of being good was a little sad. She deserved al that hissing and booing.
And it was really nice to see The Maldovarium, Shadow Architect and Sisterhood of Karn again. The New Who is old enough to have it's own references now so it wasn't all just the old Doctor foes and memories of Four. Of course the references to classic stories were the meat of the episode - Skaro's back (proving again that nothing is ever dead in sf - especially if that sf is Doctor Who) and the should Doctor kill Davros dilemma is back and it was all nice but this all happened before so I preferred the YA dystopia with that War (see the young people with bows in a apocalyptic war being killed left and right by incomprehensible weapons). Could've been a major motion picture or at least a book series.
I loved how both the shorts fit with the story - The Doctor's Meditation ends where this episode begins and that's where he is hiding (and he mentions the well, visitor's centre and all the other stuff in the episode) and that's the party Bors promises him. But I do have some questions - if Bors was Dalek agent all along why Davos couldn't find him? Davos says he does not control Daleks but would they really not tell him if they knew when Doctor was all along? Doctor was there for weeks and they didn't do a thing - didn't tell Davros (or Colony Sarff), didn't try to kill him, only took TARDIS after he was gone. Maybe he was only coverted after that snake bit hime because why go with all the Doctor crazy for that long otherwise. But then Doctor told Bors about that War and meeting Davros. Maybe that was the point?
Missy the best friend who really hates not being THE Archenemy. The Master always had an obsession with the Doctor but this is the full admission of the frenemy status. As Doctor says himself in the prologue with enough time friends and enemies are almost the same thing. He gives the Sisterhood of Karn the testament to give to Missy so they both know she is firmly in that category. But if he didn’t believe she was dead then why does he believe it now? After all both she and Clara had vortex manipulators (and Missy said hers is controls Clara’s) and this looked almost the same as when she died the last time. I can’t believe he didn’t notice. Missy was really great in this episode and I’m pretty sure she had a plan from the very start.
I suppose we are to believe Doctor will decide to kill Davros this time (unlike Four - the one with the scarf) but we all know Daleks are not going anywhere so all this can end in is status quo. Too bad as it could've been fun if he actually killed the kid or saved him and gave him a nice home (or you know stopped that war). So I give up on that. What I really want is for that guy with the bow to be saved. He was awesome. Skaro could use more people like him.
[As River says SPOILERS]
I liked the jokes - both Doctor with his anachronisms and Missy with her pay attention to me attitude (every plane in the world stopped just to talk to Clara) - from fish tank to the square in hot country. But the Danny Pink jab was low one and the fit she threw at even the mention of being good was a little sad. She deserved al that hissing and booing.
And it was really nice to see The Maldovarium, Shadow Architect and Sisterhood of Karn again. The New Who is old enough to have it's own references now so it wasn't all just the old Doctor foes and memories of Four. Of course the references to classic stories were the meat of the episode - Skaro's back (proving again that nothing is ever dead in sf - especially if that sf is Doctor Who) and the should Doctor kill Davros dilemma is back and it was all nice but this all happened before so I preferred the YA dystopia with that War (see the young people with bows in a apocalyptic war being killed left and right by incomprehensible weapons). Could've been a major motion picture or at least a book series.
I loved how both the shorts fit with the story - The Doctor's Meditation ends where this episode begins and that's where he is hiding (and he mentions the well, visitor's centre and all the other stuff in the episode) and that's the party Bors promises him. But I do have some questions - if Bors was Dalek agent all along why Davos couldn't find him? Davos says he does not control Daleks but would they really not tell him if they knew when Doctor was all along? Doctor was there for weeks and they didn't do a thing - didn't tell Davros (or Colony Sarff), didn't try to kill him, only took TARDIS after he was gone. Maybe he was only coverted after that snake bit hime because why go with all the Doctor crazy for that long otherwise. But then Doctor told Bors about that War and meeting Davros. Maybe that was the point?
Missy the best friend who really hates not being THE Archenemy. The Master always had an obsession with the Doctor but this is the full admission of the frenemy status. As Doctor says himself in the prologue with enough time friends and enemies are almost the same thing. He gives the Sisterhood of Karn the testament to give to Missy so they both know she is firmly in that category. But if he didn’t believe she was dead then why does he believe it now? After all both she and Clara had vortex manipulators (and Missy said hers is controls Clara’s) and this looked almost the same as when she died the last time. I can’t believe he didn’t notice. Missy was really great in this episode and I’m pretty sure she had a plan from the very start.
I suppose we are to believe Doctor will decide to kill Davros this time (unlike Four - the one with the scarf) but we all know Daleks are not going anywhere so all this can end in is status quo. Too bad as it could've been fun if he actually killed the kid or saved him and gave him a nice home (or you know stopped that war). So I give up on that. What I really want is for that guy with the bow to be saved. He was awesome. Skaro could use more people like him.