Hell Bent Reaction and Discussion Post [SPOILERS!]

[jjpor]

Well, I don't know about any of you, but I thought last week's Heaven Sent was one of the strangest, and at the same time, most fascinating things I have seen in Doctor Who in quite some time indeed. A masterclass from Capaldi...and what a payoff... How on Earth are they going to top that? Well, let's find out this week in the hotly anticipated

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[ponygirl72]

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Well, after not crying at the end of Face the Raven, I bawled at that one. Well done, Moffat.

Seriously, though, how much did I love the Time Lords pissing themselves over a Matrix prophecy about a terrible hybrid that would sit in the burning ruins of Gallifrey after seeing a billion hearts dead, to heal its own... only to find that it was the Doctor and Me, having a quiet chat at the end of the universe, debating which one of them it had actually been. I found that to be a hauntingly beautiful payoff.

Also, bonus points for the "Restaurant at the End of the Universe."

[dbskyler]

it was the Doctor and Me, having a quiet chat at the end of the universe, debating which one of them it had actually been.

I loved that as a resolution. How typical of the Time Lords to freak out about a prophecy that turned out to predict that quiet chat.

[jjpor]

Yes, and some pretty heftily fourth-wall breaking acknowledgment of all the theories circulating in fandom, esp. re the Doctor "half human" thing. Well played, Moffat. Well played.

[ravenskyewalker]

What I like is that the half-human thing was mentioned as a valid possibility, without being treated in the stupid way that the TVM did it. Everything the TVM did was handled badly. This just put the idea out there -- does a high-born Time Lord spend so much time on Earth because he's half-human? The Doctor didn't acknowledge any truth to it, but he was messily in denial, so who knows?

[dbskyler]

I think I screamed at the TV when they went there. And then Capaldi had that line about "Eh, doesn't matter"! Very well played, Moffat, indeed.