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locker_monsterJust an aside before I talk about the episode. I went out today to buy some new glasses and, god help me, I ended up with a pair of Ray-Ban Wayfarers as my sunglasses. Oh yeah, I'm not obsessed at all. Nope...
(They do look pretty awesome, though)
Sort of part two of two. We continue on with one character, but the tone of this episode is very different.
Obviously, new setting, new time period, but now Ashildr is tired and worn from her experiences and she doesn't care anymore. She has an interesting line about how she has this extra long life but a normal memory and she can't remember all she's done without re-reading her journals. It never dawned on me how hard it must be for the Doctor to remember practically every moment of his life. I'm sure some thing blur together, which is why he needs to consult a diary every so often, but the weight of who he is, he feels every ounce of it.
Now, I don't watch Game of Thrones, but I assume they hired Maisie Williams because of this episode. Ashildr needs to have this weariness to her and I think Maisie did a good job. Her scenes with the Doctor when they're talking about her immortality were really good. We don't often have the Doctor talking about how he loses people, but this seems to be a theme for this season. People die all the time, but how do you cope with that loss? We see Ashildr just giving up on humanity. The Doctor has more faith in people, but he also runs away. He ran away from Jack, but he made an effort to stick around to help Ashildr. I guess the Doctor took away some lessons from that experience.
And they mentioned Jack! I like to think that Jack and Ashildr eventually meet somewhere down the line. But when the Doctor said that he had travelled with an immortal before, my first thought was Romana. I mean, she's a Time Lord, too. She would just age and regenerate and see the universe go by. And speaking of Romana, I had hoped that the lion faced guy was a Tharil from "Warrior's Gate", but nope.
As for that bit of the episode, with the amulet, it felt secondary to the Doctor and Ashildr trying to come to terms with their long lives. Yes, it was funny watching the pair of them breaking into the house and Ashildr laying the smack down on Sam Swift, but to me it felt like, "Here's some action! Look, it's not all talky bits!" Not that I didn't enjoy the action-y bits, but there was a lot of standing around. Though, I am glad that Ashildr suddenly didn't find a guy she could spend the rest of her life with. On a lesser show, that's how the episode would have ended, with a happy romance.
Also quite weird not having Clara around. I guess Jenna was off filming another episode? Oh man, that means we're going to have a Doctor-lite episode later in the season. The episode would have been quite different had Clara been in the episode. Probably less personal, since the Doctor wouldn't want to talk about Clara's morality. But he is so cute when he sees her at the end of the episode. And another hug! The Doctor has mellowed enough that he doesn't complain about hugging anymore.
Gah, I'm all over the place on this episode. I liked it, but my brain can't put my thoughts in order. So, random stuff: Whoo, female writer! We haven't had one since, what? 2008? The Doctor trying to come up with responses for Sam's joke was fun. You can see his brain really struggling. "Ah, bantering! I don't do bantering!" I guess the Doctor has a night vision mode on his sonic glasses; he navigated that dark house pretty well. Couldn't have been fun for Peter Capaldi, though. How could he see with those dark lenses? And why didn't Ashildr and the Doctor escape the house through one of the windows? Were there people patrolling the grounds? So there's set up for Ashildr to come back. If she's been looking after Earth, what does that mean exactly? Has she had run-ins with UNIT and Torchwood and Sarah Jane? I wanted more guitar playing. I just want a scene where he's casually playing in the control room before he and Clara go off on an adventure.
Oh, so next week. Zygons. Blargh, it was totally Zygon Osgood who died in "Death in Heaven" wasn't it? My god, Doctor Who is taking cues from Stargate Atlantis. Yes, it will be nice to have Osgood back, but damn it, Moffat. You made your own bed and now you have to lie in it. You can't have your cake and eat it, too. Sorry, too many metaphors.
I'm starting to obsess over the Doctor's outfits. So he has the plaid trousers, but paired with the the holey jumper and a red t-shirt underneath. The hoodie was also a weird darkish green. I guess it gives him a bit more colour without being too over the top.
(They do look pretty awesome, though)
Sort of part two of two. We continue on with one character, but the tone of this episode is very different.
Obviously, new setting, new time period, but now Ashildr is tired and worn from her experiences and she doesn't care anymore. She has an interesting line about how she has this extra long life but a normal memory and she can't remember all she's done without re-reading her journals. It never dawned on me how hard it must be for the Doctor to remember practically every moment of his life. I'm sure some thing blur together, which is why he needs to consult a diary every so often, but the weight of who he is, he feels every ounce of it.
Now, I don't watch Game of Thrones, but I assume they hired Maisie Williams because of this episode. Ashildr needs to have this weariness to her and I think Maisie did a good job. Her scenes with the Doctor when they're talking about her immortality were really good. We don't often have the Doctor talking about how he loses people, but this seems to be a theme for this season. People die all the time, but how do you cope with that loss? We see Ashildr just giving up on humanity. The Doctor has more faith in people, but he also runs away. He ran away from Jack, but he made an effort to stick around to help Ashildr. I guess the Doctor took away some lessons from that experience.
And they mentioned Jack! I like to think that Jack and Ashildr eventually meet somewhere down the line. But when the Doctor said that he had travelled with an immortal before, my first thought was Romana. I mean, she's a Time Lord, too. She would just age and regenerate and see the universe go by. And speaking of Romana, I had hoped that the lion faced guy was a Tharil from "Warrior's Gate", but nope.
As for that bit of the episode, with the amulet, it felt secondary to the Doctor and Ashildr trying to come to terms with their long lives. Yes, it was funny watching the pair of them breaking into the house and Ashildr laying the smack down on Sam Swift, but to me it felt like, "Here's some action! Look, it's not all talky bits!" Not that I didn't enjoy the action-y bits, but there was a lot of standing around. Though, I am glad that Ashildr suddenly didn't find a guy she could spend the rest of her life with. On a lesser show, that's how the episode would have ended, with a happy romance.
Also quite weird not having Clara around. I guess Jenna was off filming another episode? Oh man, that means we're going to have a Doctor-lite episode later in the season. The episode would have been quite different had Clara been in the episode. Probably less personal, since the Doctor wouldn't want to talk about Clara's morality. But he is so cute when he sees her at the end of the episode. And another hug! The Doctor has mellowed enough that he doesn't complain about hugging anymore.
Gah, I'm all over the place on this episode. I liked it, but my brain can't put my thoughts in order. So, random stuff: Whoo, female writer! We haven't had one since, what? 2008? The Doctor trying to come up with responses for Sam's joke was fun. You can see his brain really struggling. "Ah, bantering! I don't do bantering!" I guess the Doctor has a night vision mode on his sonic glasses; he navigated that dark house pretty well. Couldn't have been fun for Peter Capaldi, though. How could he see with those dark lenses? And why didn't Ashildr and the Doctor escape the house through one of the windows? Were there people patrolling the grounds? So there's set up for Ashildr to come back. If she's been looking after Earth, what does that mean exactly? Has she had run-ins with UNIT and Torchwood and Sarah Jane? I wanted more guitar playing. I just want a scene where he's casually playing in the control room before he and Clara go off on an adventure.
Oh, so next week. Zygons. Blargh, it was totally Zygon Osgood who died in "Death in Heaven" wasn't it? My god, Doctor Who is taking cues from Stargate Atlantis. Yes, it will be nice to have Osgood back, but damn it, Moffat. You made your own bed and now you have to lie in it. You can't have your cake and eat it, too. Sorry, too many metaphors.
I'm starting to obsess over the Doctor's outfits. So he has the plaid trousers, but paired with the the holey jumper and a red t-shirt underneath. The hoodie was also a weird darkish green. I guess it gives him a bit more colour without being too over the top.
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Date: 2015-10-31 03:58 am (UTC)I don't know if Moffat is trying to do reverse psychology on the viewers, but Ashildr look quite sinister in the background of that photo. Or does the actress likes to smirk. Who knows?. I hope it's something on the lines of what you said.
It the Zygons transformation that grosses me out. They remind me of suction soap holders if they were red. But if I had to say which alien/creature/monster was the scariest to me, it would be the Water Zombie monster in "Waters of Mars". My older brother saw a snippet of that episode and it freaked him out. He can't watch the show.