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So... Hm, mixed bag. Mostly fantastic, I have to say.
The Great- very creepy; good knockoff of the climax of Whistle And I'll Come to you; I liked that there essentially wasn't actually a monster in it; loved that it's just the Doctor trying to test a theory he's had; nice use of Moffat's trademark "pick something obvious and everyday and make it scary for the kids"; good lines; Capaldi was great; the Clara/Danny stuff worked well in context with the rest of the season so far (and better than I expected from the script); I still like Danny; there's clearly a solid character arc running here, and it's working well.
The irrelevant, but thoughts I had anyway- half expected to see Vashta Nerada or Silents. Don't mind at all that we didn't. Clara on and under beds works for me. As does Clara admiring her own time-shifted arse.
The dodgy issues- If there's nothing outside the spaceship at the end of the universe except void and darkness then how the fuck come there's a big-ass desert planet and setting red giant star out of the window? Also the makeup on Oliver was a bit iffy, and, let's be honest, Moffat's trademark is veering close to drifting into being his cliche. But it still works, so, fuck it. Then there's fact that Clara has inadvertently created her by perfect boyfriend by messing with his timeline...
The fuck off- Yeah, that bit at the end where Clara is responsible for the Doctor being the Doctor. Again, only further back. It's a insult to all the other creators, to say "no, my girl is the most important character ever, and the entire history of the show is down to her, and not in fact to the main character." Repeatedly. That said, it's actually done pretty well, and if viewed as totally standalone for new viewers it works in the context of the story. If Nu Who was a total reboot (like JJ Abrams's Star Trek) it'd work perfectly fine. But in the context of a long-running show, it smacks of arrogant self-importance. And, between those two extremes, I'm not sure whether to hate it or admire how it can work. Like the Blitzkrieg, it's probably both...
The get-out clause- How did she get to time-locked, out of the universe, Gallifrey anyway? This could be a niggle, but it strikes me that there's another interpretation (unless the soldier Dan toy reappears among the Doctor's belongings somewhere) : Clara's fingers were plugged into the fleshlights - er, I mean TARDIS's telepathic circuits, right? What if the TARDIS went not to ancient Gallifrey, but the Doctor's mind/subconscious memory?
This also makes me wonder if Missy is therefore Clara's subconscious, become part of the TARDIS... Clara started as a nanny, after all, and Missy is an evil Mary Poppins... (and, again, created the perfect boyfriend by messing with his timeline, at least conceptually or in their perceptions. I'm rambling, I know...)
The Great- very creepy; good knockoff of the climax of Whistle And I'll Come to you; I liked that there essentially wasn't actually a monster in it; loved that it's just the Doctor trying to test a theory he's had; nice use of Moffat's trademark "pick something obvious and everyday and make it scary for the kids"; good lines; Capaldi was great; the Clara/Danny stuff worked well in context with the rest of the season so far (and better than I expected from the script); I still like Danny; there's clearly a solid character arc running here, and it's working well.
The irrelevant, but thoughts I had anyway- half expected to see Vashta Nerada or Silents. Don't mind at all that we didn't. Clara on and under beds works for me. As does Clara admiring her own time-shifted arse.
The dodgy issues- If there's nothing outside the spaceship at the end of the universe except void and darkness then how the fuck come there's a big-ass desert planet and setting red giant star out of the window? Also the makeup on Oliver was a bit iffy, and, let's be honest, Moffat's trademark is veering close to drifting into being his cliche. But it still works, so, fuck it. Then there's fact that Clara has inadvertently created her by perfect boyfriend by messing with his timeline...
The fuck off- Yeah, that bit at the end where Clara is responsible for the Doctor being the Doctor. Again, only further back. It's a insult to all the other creators, to say "no, my girl is the most important character ever, and the entire history of the show is down to her, and not in fact to the main character." Repeatedly. That said, it's actually done pretty well, and if viewed as totally standalone for new viewers it works in the context of the story. If Nu Who was a total reboot (like JJ Abrams's Star Trek) it'd work perfectly fine. But in the context of a long-running show, it smacks of arrogant self-importance. And, between those two extremes, I'm not sure whether to hate it or admire how it can work. Like the Blitzkrieg, it's probably both...
The get-out clause- How did she get to time-locked, out of the universe, Gallifrey anyway? This could be a niggle, but it strikes me that there's another interpretation (unless the soldier Dan toy reappears among the Doctor's belongings somewhere) : Clara's fingers were plugged into the fleshlights - er, I mean TARDIS's telepathic circuits, right? What if the TARDIS went not to ancient Gallifrey, but the Doctor's mind/subconscious memory?
This also makes me wonder if Missy is therefore Clara's subconscious, become part of the TARDIS... Clara started as a nanny, after all, and Missy is an evil Mary Poppins... (and, again, created the perfect boyfriend by messing with his timeline, at least conceptually or in their perceptions. I'm rambling, I know...)
