New Who Review for Heaven Sent
Nov. 30th, 2015 09:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
puppetmakerThis is a bottle episode but it is probably one the cleverest bottle episodes in the history of Doctor Who.
The Doctor has lost just about everything that is important to him. Why not take it a step further and lose himself in the process?
The fact that Peter Capaldi is NOT going to be nominated for an Emmy for this performance is beyond a crying shame. I knew he was a good actor but I didn’t know until this episode how splendidly good he was. Wow.
The writing helped a lot. This was Moffat on his game and bringing that wonder that only he can bring to the table. This is the sort of writing that he excels at and it sang in this episode. Not a word wasted. Not an image out of place.
And kudos to Rachel Talany, it looked beautiful. I did a count of the sets and the redressing of the sets. They didn’t give her much to work with but she used every inch of what she had.
I was very impressed with it all. My few niggling concerns are behind the cut because they do spoil certain things that I loved finding out during the show.
Capaldi did go up the favorite Doctor Ladder a rung or so.
I am grateful for all the love and care along with blood, sweat, and tears that went into this episode.
They used Capaldi’s life mask to make the skulls that the Doctor found. So each skull was based on the actor’s actual skull. I hope, sort of, that he got to take one home.
My comment on facebook after seeing the episode was
You got Sherlock in my Doctor Who! You got Doctor Who in my Sherlock! I think someone might have forgotten which show he was writing. Either way, loved the ending although we did figure some things out early. No spoilers for those who will be watching later.
And I was not the only one to comment in this way. Using the TARDIS as the equivalent of the mind palace took me out of the show for a moment especially after the Doctor commented on it. But it sucked me back in.
We did figure out the end game pretty early on and that he was stuck in a loop that was going to repeat until something changed. Trapping the Doctor in a time loop would probably be the only way to keep him out of events for a while but it is not permanent.
Again I have to give lots of props to Capaldi for an acting job that was mesmerizing and amazing to watch.
I also liked how we started on day one and when through the events that were repeated and then it sped up until all that time had passed. Also clever that he could tell that time had passed because of the stars.
So did he kill himself all those times to solve the problem knowing that the next time he would not remember any of it. The only thing that would not reset is the glass wall that showed his progress.
I do remember the folk tale that Moffat referred to.
I am not sure if I am happy he is back on Gallifrey but I knew we were going there eventually and, considering what happened to Clara, it is probably the best place for him to go.
Looking forward to the next episode, which is the last one until the Christmas Special.
The Doctor has lost just about everything that is important to him. Why not take it a step further and lose himself in the process?
The fact that Peter Capaldi is NOT going to be nominated for an Emmy for this performance is beyond a crying shame. I knew he was a good actor but I didn’t know until this episode how splendidly good he was. Wow.
The writing helped a lot. This was Moffat on his game and bringing that wonder that only he can bring to the table. This is the sort of writing that he excels at and it sang in this episode. Not a word wasted. Not an image out of place.
And kudos to Rachel Talany, it looked beautiful. I did a count of the sets and the redressing of the sets. They didn’t give her much to work with but she used every inch of what she had.
I was very impressed with it all. My few niggling concerns are behind the cut because they do spoil certain things that I loved finding out during the show.
Capaldi did go up the favorite Doctor Ladder a rung or so.
I am grateful for all the love and care along with blood, sweat, and tears that went into this episode.
They used Capaldi’s life mask to make the skulls that the Doctor found. So each skull was based on the actor’s actual skull. I hope, sort of, that he got to take one home.
My comment on facebook after seeing the episode was
You got Sherlock in my Doctor Who! You got Doctor Who in my Sherlock! I think someone might have forgotten which show he was writing. Either way, loved the ending although we did figure some things out early. No spoilers for those who will be watching later.
And I was not the only one to comment in this way. Using the TARDIS as the equivalent of the mind palace took me out of the show for a moment especially after the Doctor commented on it. But it sucked me back in.
We did figure out the end game pretty early on and that he was stuck in a loop that was going to repeat until something changed. Trapping the Doctor in a time loop would probably be the only way to keep him out of events for a while but it is not permanent.
Again I have to give lots of props to Capaldi for an acting job that was mesmerizing and amazing to watch.
I also liked how we started on day one and when through the events that were repeated and then it sped up until all that time had passed. Also clever that he could tell that time had passed because of the stars.
So did he kill himself all those times to solve the problem knowing that the next time he would not remember any of it. The only thing that would not reset is the glass wall that showed his progress.
I do remember the folk tale that Moffat referred to.
I am not sure if I am happy he is back on Gallifrey but I knew we were going there eventually and, considering what happened to Clara, it is probably the best place for him to go.
Looking forward to the next episode, which is the last one until the Christmas Special.
