9/10
What a Superb
Episode, self contained as
It is the performances
Are off the charts,
Definitely some of the best in Doctor Who.
Do you realise how super
Difficult it is to sync up
Like that with
lines/speech and then
To do it before/same
And after/same before
It's just flawless and I've
Never quite seen it done
Ever in any other show.
It's Brilliant and a genius
Idea. I know they had financial difficulties that's
Why this episode was so
Contained due to money troubles at the time but
Holy-smokes if that kind of troubles gets us quality episodes like this well this proves money isn't everything because you can throw millions per episode and it be a complete Shit-Show
(Cough rings of power)
Are you can have a
Very very limited budget
And get something as
Super frickin awesome
As this.
Those people were absolute assholes
And really showed the
Psychological effects of
Fear in humans,
Brings out the best
Brings out the worst.
I hated them, but
That was the point
So job done.
The sky monster
Was Awesome and
Scary and rather unique
And new, loved that.
Highlight of the episode
Was seeing
Rose yes seeing Rose
Again pop up behind
The Doctor.
Gives me such hope,
I miss her so
Very very much.
Right time to rap
This season up with
A Phenomenal Trilogy
Definitely saved the absolute
Best of the best for last
And after this nothing will
Ever be the same Ever
Again.
Review by TshepisoBlockedParentSpoilers2023-11-01T17:04:34Z
This episode is so fucked up i don't even know how to process it. Legitimately terrifying in a way Doctor Who episode rarely are. The psychological warfare in this episode is so deeply unsettling.
The supporting cast really carries here. They're painfully frustrating but in a deeply human way. This episode is structured brilliantly; we we the ast them as normal people A family on vacation, the under appreciated research assistant and old professor, the divorcee on her first solo holiday. And the episode devolves them to their base selves through fear and paranoia brilliantly. Also i loved them being saved by the Stewards sacrifice. INit only do i love it when someone other than the Doctor saves he day but it ties her line about it being "her responsibility to keep everyone safe" really well.
This was also a great episode for Ten's character. While other episodes have chastised the thrill he sees in danger (Tooth and Claw, The Unicorn and the Wasp etc.) I loved seeing the deadly consequences his posture had here. All of the things the Doctor used regularly to gain people's trust were thrown back at him. And his arrogance and curiosity damned him.
How fundamentally helpless the Doctor is is great. Ultimately the Doctor's strength his his voice and his mind. Given how many of the Doctor saves come from him talking his way out of danger of taking that away from him was a brilliant concept perfectly executed. How fucked up everything is is punctuated was the conclusion. he seems so violently shaken by the experience in a haunting way.