SPOILERS
For only being halfway through the season, this is feeling more
and more like a finale arc, but hey, I have to trust the writers know where
they’re going with this. Moffat, I’m looking at you.
A mysterious pyramid shows up in the middle of disputed
land, and the three largest military powers in the world, the US, China, and
Russia, are all staking it out. The Doctor is called in as President of the
World, a title he only recently gained, to figure it out. It turns out the evil
monks who had been running the simulations of Earth in the previous episode
decided now is when humanity would be at its weakest. The military leaders, and
the Doctor, surprisingly, decide a joined attack is the best course of action.
Unfortunately, the monks see them coming and stop their attack before they can
do any damage, and they want to talk. The monks reveal they will help Earth,
but only if someone in power gives their consent willingly and with love.
However, as the leader of the UN and the military leaders learn, acting out of
fear and strategy is not pure consent, and they all are killed. It’s now up to
the Doctor, who is still blind.
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| The Doctor and others look at the strange pyramid. |
I just loved the background story, how something as simple
as one too many drinks, broken glasses, and a misplaced decimal point could end
in global destruction. Erica was a doll and it would be nice to see her back. The
whole sequence in the lab was interesting as well; everything seems like it
will work out until he has to work a combination lock and the sonic can’t open
it. He can’t see. He’s going to die. Until…
The twist with Bill at the end was something I didn’t see
coming; rather, I wasn’t guessing the Doctor would get his sight back in this
episode. I knew she would survive though; she was acting out of love, not love
of the monks, but love of the Doctor, and that was enough. They restore his
sight, he survives, and because of Bill’s consent as a representative of
humanity, the world plunges into being ruled by the monks.
Next week’s episode ends this arc. It features a scary world
taken over by the monks, the Doctor apparently on their side, and Bill going to
Missy for help. It reminds me a bit of the year that never was, with Martha and
Jack back in Season 3. It will be nice to see this all resolved, I’m guessing
with a big retcon and we’ll be back to regular time travel zipping around the
galaxy episodes in two weeks.
9/10
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