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Dec. 11th, 2018 12:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grassangelI am very much not emotionally up to looking at this episode critically.
But I can still go yeah and ehh and nah
Yeah: In my emotional state, which is currently 5 parts anxiety, 1 part panic, 1 part bereavement and 1 part ‘fuck it all’, I was able to follow along and all the tension was kept up well. So it was a decent episode from that point of view. Graham’s emotional arc has been completed, and he and Ryan are properly family now.
Ehh: That being said, a lot of it was speculated correctly in the week before the episode. The whole return of Tim Shaw and the Sniper-bots. The psychic blockers didn’t need that much secrecy in the end? (Unless it was the circular Gallifreyan that was spoilery.) Also I was disappointed the Thijarians weren’t brought up again, as I’m 99% sure that one of those planets was theirs. Not sure about the whole Darth Vader styling of Tim Shaw. Or the way the Doctor Who social media channels are... supporting 13/Yasmin in that vague fan-baity way.
Hmm: I do like the little thematic nods to stories like The Pirate Planet and Journey’s End. Those were fun.
Nah: I do get the impression Chibnall is more excited about writing for Bradley Walsh than he is for Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor. The Doctor just spent a lot of time standing around and talking and getting explanations out of people. Which is part of the Doctor’s MO, but doesn’t contrast well with Graham doing stuff and making decisions and growing emotionally. There was plenty of options to give the Doctor an action to angst about, but none were taken.
But I can still go yeah and ehh and nah
Yeah: In my emotional state, which is currently 5 parts anxiety, 1 part panic, 1 part bereavement and 1 part ‘fuck it all’, I was able to follow along and all the tension was kept up well. So it was a decent episode from that point of view. Graham’s emotional arc has been completed, and he and Ryan are properly family now.
Ehh: That being said, a lot of it was speculated correctly in the week before the episode. The whole return of Tim Shaw and the Sniper-bots. The psychic blockers didn’t need that much secrecy in the end? (Unless it was the circular Gallifreyan that was spoilery.) Also I was disappointed the Thijarians weren’t brought up again, as I’m 99% sure that one of those planets was theirs. Not sure about the whole Darth Vader styling of Tim Shaw. Or the way the Doctor Who social media channels are... supporting 13/Yasmin in that vague fan-baity way.
Hmm: I do like the little thematic nods to stories like The Pirate Planet and Journey’s End. Those were fun.
Nah: I do get the impression Chibnall is more excited about writing for Bradley Walsh than he is for Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor. The Doctor just spent a lot of time standing around and talking and getting explanations out of people. Which is part of the Doctor’s MO, but doesn’t contrast well with Graham doing stuff and making decisions and growing emotionally. There was plenty of options to give the Doctor an action to angst about, but none were taken.
So episodes in order of which I liked best?
It Takes You Away, Demons of the Punjab, Rosa, The Ghost Monument, The Witchfinders, The Tsuranga Conundrum, The Woman Who Fell to Earth, The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, Arachnids in the UK, Kerblam!
Episodes in order of quality of writing?
Kerblam!, Rosa, It Takes You Away, The Witchfinders, Demons of the Punjab, The Woman Who Fell to Earth, The Ghost Monument, The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, The Tsuranga Conundrum, Arachnids in the UK
