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Doctor Who 12x02 "Spyfall, Part 2" full reaction

"I should like to come out from the floor now."

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I think this was a better start to a series. While The Woman Who Fell to Earth wasn't terrible I did feel I had enjoyed it a lot less than all the other series premieres. This was a definite marked improvement for me personally.

Daryl

Lots of people seem to like this episode, but I am much less enthusiastic. Part 1 was great, but this part doesn't hold up. Aside from the controversial 'mind rape': Neither Ada Lovelace nor Noor Iniat Khan actually do much in the story; the way the Doctor saves the companions is a bit of a cheat - paradoxes like that have been done better before, and with more wit; the Kasaavian's plot is nonsense; Lenny Henry's character remains unresolved and his torture of his mother was nasty and unnecessary to the plot (how did he get off the aircraft, too?); the companions themselves do very little, again; worst of all, the Master is trapped for 70 years on Earth and does NOTHING? Generally, I like to be positive about things, but my main issue with some of the writing in recent series is that it feels like a load of ideas have been shoved together randomly without any coherent theme or design (see also: the Ux, their planet that hurts the mind, the deadly water in Ghost Monument, all the Stenza stuff too, everything in Tsuranga, etc.). Disappointing episode!


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