10×6 “Extremis”
Hmmmmm
I dunno, you guys. Was this episode good? It’s hard to say. This is Moffat checking mark several things off the “quintessential Moffat” list. Multiple narratives and time frames, big themes, existential crisis. It’s better than other attempts because there’s a seasonal point instead of being a one-off but I’ve been enjoying the stripped back version of Doctor Who this season. We still have themes and ideas but they are more tangible (racism, privilege) instead of questioning the entire nature of reality. But honestly? I was little bit bored.
6/10?
–Oh hey Missy’s in the Vault and the Doctor promised to watch over her for 1000 years. If she can’t leave the Vault then why can’t the Doctor leave?
–The aliens are coming! Cool. I guess that’s the story for the rest of the season.
–Bill’s face when the Pope entered her kitchen after she comforted her very skittish date was hilarious.
–“You’re an idiot.” “Everyone knows that.”
–I know the aliens are monitoring everything but their attention to detail is almost a bit too much. Like it was Simulation Nardole that spoke truths to a Simulation Doctor about why the latter won’t tell Simulation Bill about the blindness. Remarkable given that Nardole is a robot?
–“Are you trying to get rid of us?” “What make you say that?” “Cause you’re sending us into the dark after a man with a gun.”
–Soooo basically….this is an episode about the Doctor watching an episode of Doctor Who.