Moffat-Era
Tropes: Troughton-era references. Dead people's personalities
surviving as computer programmes. Monsters being kept in fluid-filled glass tanks in a facility of some sort. Companion's boyfriend dies and the
Doctor has something to do with resurrecting them. The companion's
timeline being mysteriously intertwined with someone else's. Scottish
jokes. As numerous people on the Internet pointed out, Missy is yet
another iteration of the mysterious, slightly antagonistic older
woman with a flirtatious relationship with the Doctor (e.g. River
Song). The Doctor getting unexpectedly snogged. “Doctor who?”
There's an inside joke when we learn that the Doctor keeps a copy of
“The Time-Traveler's Wife” (which Moffat is frequently accused of
using as a source rather too often, not least on this blog) in the
Tardis.
A
Thing in a Thing: An army of Cybermen in St Paul's Cathedral.
The
Doctor is A: bit slow on the uptake this week, as he doesn't
figure out who the Master is until she flat-out tells him.
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| Seriously, she's totally the girl version of this guy. |
The
Master Is A: Woman. But most of the audience had figured that
out.
Clara
Lies About: Nothing. There's something important she hasn't told
Danny yet, but the audience don't find out what it is either.
Reasons
Clara Should Drop Danny Like A Hot Potato: Because even death is
no barrier to his passive-aggression and self-obsession (it also
turns out that the thing he's been blaming the officers for is in
fact something he screwed up himself-- namely, he sprayed a room with
gunfire without checking what was in it and shot a child-- which
shows a distinct inability to take responsibility for his own
actions).
Child
Count: One (dead).
The
Thick of It: The Doctor's psychic paper announces him to be a
government inspector: “Why is there all this swearing?” Doctor
Chang asks, perusing it, and the Doctor answers, “I've got a lot of
internalised anger.” Chris Addison is also back.
It's
Actually About: The Kubler-Ross stages of grief.
