Just so y'all know, there will be SPOILERS. Read with caution.
Episodes 1 & 2: The Magician’s Apprentice & The Witch’s Familiar
This was such a great story. I absolutely loved every bit of it. I can say that I was not expecting them to be on Skaro at all. That was a huge shock. I have watched Remembrance of the Daleks, which is the episode in which Skaro is destroyed. Anyways, I loved having Davros back. He is such a complex and well-done villain, as are the Daleks. The scenes with the Doctor and young Davros were so well-done, and they really tied the episode together. Plus, I adore Missy. She is so absolutely, brilliantly mad, in a way that really develops her character, and shows a bit of where the Doctor came from. Missy is just so deliciously insane, and wonderfully amazing. Everything she does is zany and serves to make her a better character.
Episodes 3 & 4: Under the Lake & Before the Flood
I was really enamored with these episodes as well. I love the feel of them, with the writing that possesses you and the ghosts. It was a really clever idea, and the use of the deaf character, Cass, was brilliant. Doctor Who is very good at taking people with disabilities and making them just as important as the rest of the characters. One thing I didn’t like about this episode was the way the Doctor acts so flippantly in the face of death until Clara is in danger. I feel like he forgot how to be the Doctor in this episode. Also, while I love Clara to absolute pieces, the Doctor was far too attached to her. He needs to find a new person every so often because that air of detached caring is such an integral part of the show.
Episodes 5 & 6: The Girl Who Died & The Woman Who Lived
Ashildr/Me is such a well-made character. I know that a lot of people don’t like her, but I don’t necessarily think she is there for you to like her. She is there to make you think. An immortal being with a finite memory is just so fascinating. She filled a library with her journals and she didn’t remember any of them. Plus, she isn’t good in the way that she seemed at the being. You can see Me become a different person over the course of the series, and I think that is brilliant. The Girl Who Died was very engaging and fascinating. The idea of Vikings going head to head with one of the most feared warrior races in the galaxy is amazing. Plus, the electric eels made me laugh. I also loved that the Doctor gave Ashlar a second chip. “…someone she cannot bear to lose.” Such a beautiful thought. The Woman Who Lived was also fascinating. Me just does not, cannot realize how her actions will harm the rest of humanity. She is just so profoundly bored.
Episodes 7 & 8: The Zygon Invasion & The Zygon Inversion
The Zygon Inversion by itself is now my favorite episode of Doctor Who. With the Zygon Invasion, they far surpass any other. (Expect possibly Blink, but that has strong nostalgia factor.) The episodes are so well-done. The parts where Clara was fighting with Bonnie were so amazing, and I love that they brought Osgood back. She is an amazing character, with so much strength. I love Zygons, too. They add so much complexity to the story, it astonishes me. And the end of The Zygon Inversion was so good. The Doctor’s speech brought me to tears, and it was powerful, moving and wholly the Doctor. I think Capaldi really hit the mark with this one, but everyone else was equally brilliant.
Episode 9: Sleep No More
This episode really creeped me out. My little sister couldn’t even watch it because it was so creepy. I love the concept, though. And the way they shot it was so great. The cameras, seeing through the character’s eyes. It was such a personal episode, and it definitely felt like it had been compiled later. It had that brilliant feel of a story for television, made later. It meshed with the story perfectly, and I thought it was an altogether brilliant episode.
Episode 10: Face the Raven
It still hurts to think about this. It was, and is, heartbreaking. I was devastated by Clara’s death, but I felt like it was really well-done, in that every character acted according to their motivations and in a way that made sense with their traits. I loved it. And I thought it was the perfect way for Clara to leave the series. I’m still a tad upset that they brought her back. That was just such a good ending for her character. But, I must say that I loved Me in this episode too. Well, I kind of hated her, but she was really well-done. Her character is degenerating with her age, which was the point. The writers wanted to explore what would happen to an immortal being with a finite memory, with a person forced to live forever without love, without anything that makes life worth living. Me is incredibly jaded and I love that about her.
Episodes 11 & 12: Heaven Sent & Hell Bent
Heaven Sent was such a good episode. I loved the whole concept. The painting of Clara was beautiful, just the extra touch that made the episode unforgettable. I feel so sorry for the Doctor. Four billion years of torture is unforgivable. I am not happy with the Time Lords right now. But the whole episode was just so elegant that it reminded me why I love this show more than any other. The quiet elegance sets it apart from modern TV. Hell Bent was also beautiful. The part with the soup and the soldiers deserting Rasillon was beautifully funny. Saving Clara was so bittersweet, and made me a tad upset. Her ending was so perfect in Face the Raven, but her overall ending is also amazing. The maze with the Angels and Cybermen reminded me of the maze under Skaro, and the similarities between two species that are so dissimilar. And, the part with the Doctor and Clara and Me at the end of the universe, that was so beautiful, so amazing. When the Doctor’s mind was wiped, I cried, and when he was singing to her in the diner, I sobbed. It was such a beautiful concept. She has become a song.
Christmas Special: The Husbands of River Song
I loved this episode. From the talking head in a bag to the Singing Towers of Darillium, it was beautiful. And it perfectly filled in the gap before Silence in the Library; it showed the Singing Towers. I love how everything about that night came from the Doctor. He inspired the building of the restaurant, made a reservation years in advance, paid for the restaurant and provided the waitstaff. And when River didn’t recognize the Doctor, it was so brilliant, so funny. I loved that whole part, and the entire episode was a mix of hilarious and heartbreaking.
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Chorus of the Day!
It's a different kind of danger
And the bells are ringing out
And I'm calling for my mother
As I pull the pillars down
It's a different kind of danger
And my feet are spinning around
Never knew I was a dancer
'Till Delilah showed me how
Lego House by Ed Sheeran
La! ~SCP
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