I tuned in more out of desperation that hope, given how horrible the last several years of Doctor Who have been, with the last few episodes being possibly some of the worst tv material i have ever seen, so much so that i was actually surprised at how competent this episode was.
The Doctor is stuck on a battlefield. He is immobilized and cannot move or interact with the world, if not by talking. He has to reason his way around a brutish war that kills for numbers more than for purpose. The entire episode is centered around dialogue, characters, and a surprisingly well directed sense of urgency.
It's not perfect. It's nowhere near the brilliancy of the early reboot years, the ending is flawed, with the imminent danger just "going away" and a big deus ex machina that is introduced at the very last few seconds, so yeah, the road ahead is still a long uphill climb, but compared to the previous 2 episodes it's a gem. The script does away with all that *you know what* nonsense, which is a saving grace. We can only hope for more of the same.
The Doctor is stuck on a battlefield. He is immobilized and cannot move or interact with the world, if not by talking. He has to reason his way around a brutish war that kills for numbers more than for purpose. The entire episode is centered around dialogue, characters, and a surprisingly well directed sense of urgency.
It's not perfect. It's nowhere near the brilliancy of the early reboot years, the ending is flawed, with the imminent danger just "going away" and a big deus ex machina that is introduced at the very last few seconds, so yeah, the road ahead is still a long uphill climb, but compared to the previous 2 episodes it's a gem. The script does away with all that *you know what* nonsense, which is a saving grace. We can only hope for more of the same.
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