![]() Capaldi’s look totally sells it though: omg, HORROR.STOP MEETING PEOPLE AS CHILDREN DOCTOR.There were also scary in Pan’s Labyrinth. Those hands are really freaking scary.I was convinced it was longer! So much packed in! I’ve just noticed this ep is regular length.Capaldi! I get a wee bit judgey at too much focus on the bloody sonic screwdriver, but at least it’s doing something sonic (possibly, there’s sound involved anyway, close enough) and no-one’s waving it around like a weapon.Harry saved him, but he didn’t get a speech about how he had a one in a thousand chance. ![]() In Genesis, the combatants were reduced to mere land mines, and the Doctor stood on one. Anyway, I was totally, ooh, which planet? Far-future dystopic Earth? Ooh, Skaro, maybe? The plane made me think the first, but the gas mask and the bow and arrow instantly reminded of Genesis of the Daleks’ opening minutes.Haven’t they had budget cuts? How does it just keep looking more expensive? To the episode itself: ahh, that opening pan across a vast battlefield, in fact the whole opening scene, so very cinematic.I had seen the two prologues and flailed greatly about another trip to Karn (reminder to self – write post abt New Series’ treatment of Karn and the Sisterhood) and been confused because the only person that really fitted who they were talking about was Davros (it couldn’t be the Master – that relationship couldn’t be characterised as “hated since first met” and Moffat definitely doesn’t see it that way anyway and it had to be someone that a casual fan might know, else why bother with a build-up?) but surely that would be in the promos or suchlike? MORE FOOL ME. I managed to watch this ep unspoiled, which I HIGHLY RECOMMEND though suspect if you’re reading this, my rec is wholly irrelevant since either you’ve seen it, or are cheerfully at one with spoilerfication.There are, obviously, spoilers under the read more/cut tag thingie. Which I feel is only appropriate for an episode that made me actually flail – and suppress the urge to flail because dammit, I am trying to listen – multiple times. This isn’t a review of last week’s Doctor Who episode. ![]()
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