Nice review. I may have just fallen for obvious misdirection, but I was just so, so sure that this was going to be Clara's end and this was how she ended up in the Asylum, only...no. Oh well.
I told a friend as we watched that I honestly think Michelle Gomez is the best Master since Delgado. And that's saying something. I love John Simm, but the way they left his version of the character in The End of Time was just awful--not his fault, but it does still color one's impression of his portrayal. (And, for some of us, threaten to put us off turkey for life.) But Gomez is just freaking amazing and I'm thrilled that she's already been back this year. More of her, please!
(And if one more person gripes that we got Capaldi instead of a woman as the Doctor, and uses Gomez to further that griping, I'm going to scream. Moffat handed you gender-switch canon on a silver platter. It may not be something I particularly want to see with the Doctor, but good LORD, he's just made it a reality in-story. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the next Doctor is female. Enough!)
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I told a friend as we watched that I honestly think Michelle Gomez is the best Master since Delgado. And that's saying something. I love John Simm, but the way they left his version of the character in The End of Time was just awful--not his fault, but it does still color one's impression of his portrayal. (And, for some of us, threaten to put us off turkey for life.) But Gomez is just freaking amazing and I'm thrilled that she's already been back this year. More of her, please!
(And if one more person gripes that we got Capaldi instead of a woman as the Doctor, and uses Gomez to further that griping, I'm going to scream. Moffat handed you gender-switch canon on a silver platter. It may not be something I particularly want to see with the Doctor, but good LORD, he's just made it a reality in-story. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the next Doctor is female. Enough!)