So we know who Missy is now….and
she’s exactly who everyone thought she was.
Earlier this week, I threw a
theory out there that Missy was just a piece of misdirection designed to
distract us from the real threat of the series. This would mean that the reveal
would be pretty interesting, but largely insignificant in light of the real
threat that we’d all failed to notice.
Well, mush the like the River
Song reveal, Missy’s identity falls into that which was recognised by the first
episode. I’m not saying that she’s not a good villain, but going for such an
obvious one just seems lazy. Also what happened to the Time Lord’s ability to
recognise one of their own instantly. The Tenth Doctor knew the Master (even
with a new face) straight away, but the Twelfth doesn’t recognise him/her without
any explanation.
So there we go; I’m not
thrilled about that reveal.
As to the episode, it’s pretty
good as a standalone (albeit half of a standalone). To see Clara as a
psychiatric wreck, following Danny’s death is pretty good starting point. The
Doctor’s trick with a dream state is pretty awesome, as Moffat finds time to
call back to manipulative Dreamlord persona that hides under the surface of the
Doctor.
The reveal of the Cybermen is
very well executed and had last week’s trailer not spoiled their presence it
would have been very surprising.
Another small thing that I
really liked was the Malcolm Tucker reference thrown in by The Doctor’s psychic
paper conveying all the swearwords that he’s not allowed to use on a family
show. For nostalgia’s sake it’s also nice to see the Cybermen stalking around
St Paul’s in a call back to classic era.
The other reveal we got, was
the source of Danny’s PTSD. Turns out that while serving in Afghanistan, he
accidentally killed a child. Pretty dark stuff, but it’s handled pretty well.
Overall, this episode does a
very good job of setting up the finale, I just wish that the villain reveal
could have been more surprising.
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