New Who Review for Heaven Sent

This 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.

( Confess )