That was pretty good. I mean
we only got to see the library, the Eye of Harmony and some corridors, but
still more than enough.
The story of a ship being
damaged and becoming death trap has been used many time in Science Fiction,
from Star trek to Firefly. It’s a really effective way to throw the audience
out; the vessel that has always shielded the main characters is now (however inadvertently)
trying to kill them.
The difference here? You're dealing
with a ship that’s infinitely large and sentient. This is a challenge that met
in so far as the TARDIS is turned into a very scary place and monsters that
lurk within it are very well made up. The true horror of them comes in the
reveal of what they really are. Though with that comes the question of why they
were attacking the main cast.
Now, the ending - magic reset button. To be honest I’m sure
there’s a lot of people who are pissed off about how the Doctor just resets
time with one piece of technology but when you think about it, this episode was
more about the journey and giving some fan service by exploring other parts of
the ship.
The ending isn’t especially important,
when you consider the journey that led there.
Don’t really have much more to
say than that - I liked this episode; it
was fun to watch, even if the ending was a bot of deus ex machina.
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