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Jan. 8th, 2020 02:52 pmSome late Who thoughts. I should have done them after it was first on when it was fresh but I just got snuggled instead.
Being the second part of a two parter, the start naturally was about resolving the end of the previous one. The solution to the plane crashing was very timey wimey and reminded me a bit of Blink. (Which I haven’t seen in so long.)
From then the story was basically split between the Doctor in the past and her companions in the present. For the Doctor it was mostly trying to get to the present, which ended up being in two time periods and stealing the master’s tardis (what happened to it at the end though?). There were some nice throw backs there, with the sound of the drums coming back as well as a mention of Jodrell Bank (from the last Tom Baker ep!) and the Doctor and master communicating remotely. It was...wrong seeing him as a nazi somehow, though I can’t place why. And it makes me wonder where he was during the intervening years.
The companions storyline made me think of the sound of the drums, with them being on the run for part of it and having to hide out. It had funny moments and, of course, conversation did turn to how little they actually knew about the Doctor.
Of course there is some unanswered questions. If the master was just allied with the spies, what were they originally doing? How did Barton think all this was ok? And did the authorities actually arrest him?
And then there’s Gallifrey. It seems awfully sad that the Doctor went through all the post time war angst with thinking it was destroyed, then saving it and now... to lose it again. I’d have liked if it’s destruction had been a mystery for longer (or it was just the high council) but it does set up a new mystery. What exactly is the Timeless Child and what does it mean? I suspect we’ll find out soon.
As I mentioned I’m looking forward to the next ep and I’m curious to how the season will go. There’s not been an overview of synopsises like there sometimes is in the radio times though might have been to keep the surprise of Spyfall so maybe something will be soon.
Being the second part of a two parter, the start naturally was about resolving the end of the previous one. The solution to the plane crashing was very timey wimey and reminded me a bit of Blink. (Which I haven’t seen in so long.)
From then the story was basically split between the Doctor in the past and her companions in the present. For the Doctor it was mostly trying to get to the present, which ended up being in two time periods and stealing the master’s tardis (what happened to it at the end though?). There were some nice throw backs there, with the sound of the drums coming back as well as a mention of Jodrell Bank (from the last Tom Baker ep!) and the Doctor and master communicating remotely. It was...wrong seeing him as a nazi somehow, though I can’t place why. And it makes me wonder where he was during the intervening years.
The companions storyline made me think of the sound of the drums, with them being on the run for part of it and having to hide out. It had funny moments and, of course, conversation did turn to how little they actually knew about the Doctor.
Of course there is some unanswered questions. If the master was just allied with the spies, what were they originally doing? How did Barton think all this was ok? And did the authorities actually arrest him?
And then there’s Gallifrey. It seems awfully sad that the Doctor went through all the post time war angst with thinking it was destroyed, then saving it and now... to lose it again. I’d have liked if it’s destruction had been a mystery for longer (or it was just the high council) but it does set up a new mystery. What exactly is the Timeless Child and what does it mean? I suspect we’ll find out soon.
As I mentioned I’m looking forward to the next ep and I’m curious to how the season will go. There’s not been an overview of synopsises like there sometimes is in the radio times though might have been to keep the surprise of Spyfall so maybe something will be soon.
