New Who Review The Woman who Lived

Interesting episode that has some very clever concepts going on. No Clara for the most part, which means that it is a very Doctor-centric episode.

I think I can count on my fingers, with the Daleks and Cybermen aside, the number of episodes of Doctor Who that are about the consequences of his previous actions especially the consequence of his interactions with humans. He does find out what happened to Sarah Jane. We have a couple of episode with the Brigadier after he retired. And there is Captain Jack but I was never sure if Captain Jack was really human.

This is a skilled work about what happens after actions he took cause those ripples he is always talking about and we rarely see.

Top marks to all the actors involved. Maisie Williams is going to have a long and varied career. She does not have an easy role to play but she plays it with such ease that she makes it look effortless and that is the mark of a great actor.

Spoilers as always behind the cut and in the comments

( Gallows_Humor )