Review #3686: Doctor Who 7.3: “A Town Called Mercy”
Contributor: Bronzethumb
Written by Toby Whithouse
Directed by Saul Metzstein
Series 7 is three for three, as “A Town Called Mercy” continues the run of ambitious and entertaining episodes and distinguishes itself through a loving homage to the spaghetti westerns of old. It never gets too intrusive or silly, and it never loses that fun “Doctor Who” tone even while getting into some deeper and darker aspects of the characters.
The Doctor, Amy and Rory drop in on the titular Mercy, a small Wild West town that’s been besieged by “the Gunslinger”, a mysterious cyborg armed with futuristic weaponry. The Gunslinger is demanding the townsfolk turn over “the alien doctor”, but it turns out the Doctor is only the most recent alien to pay a visit to Mercy, and there’s more to this other alien doctor and the Gunslinger than meets the eye.
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Mirrored from Critical Myth.