puppetmaker | New Who Review for Listen

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Maybe Moffat should stick with the senses because Listen, to me is as brilliant as Blink.

The Doctor has a problem to solve and he forgot to tell the rest of us what it is or even why he has to solve it. But we are along for the ride.

Also considering Clara’s history with the Doctor, the ending made an enormous amount of sense to me.

Loving Capaldi more and more with each episode. Jenna Coleman does great both with the humor and the horror in this one. Samuel Anderson showed why they hired him for a rather tricky role.

Overall quite happy with it.

I am grateful for episodes like this one.

I have a feeling that this one is going to be the great fan divider. I have yet to read any neutral commentary on this episode. Everyone seems to either love it or hate it.

I am in the love category. That Clara was the one to be the thing under the bed that the Doctor has been seeking his entire life makes sense considering that she has been through out his timeline helping him along anyway.

This is the first episode in a very long time to show how time travel can screw things up especially if you don’t follow the simple (complex) rules as stated by the Doctor. Or it can solve things depending on how you look at it.

This is an episode that bears re-watching just because it is so intricate. Second time around you see details that made sense by the end but, during the first viewing, were either confusing or missed.

It worked for me on so many levels and it continues to work after a couple of viewings.

This is my favorite episode so far this season.