Peereddi
I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.
Ketrivie
It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
Arianna Moses
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Yash Wade
Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
metzelmax
As many people know by now this episode was already supposed to be written by the next producer of Dr Who. But he declined and so Moffat created a last minute hack job. Basically everything that's wrong about this episode is what was wrong with Doctor who ever since Moffat took over. I'll start with the things I like. David Bradley was great as the 1st Doctor. His grumpiness was equally great with that of John Hurt in The Day of the Doctor. David literally pointed out flaws in the newer seasons that made it hard to enjoy the show. Like when he pointed out how the sonic screw driver is silly and over used. And the episode might have been great if it was a solo David + Peter movie... but sadly that wasn't enough a story for Moffat. Which brings us to the bad things: everything else. The episode starts out with a great mystery, which gets a really underwhelming resolution. Because that's how all of Moffats stories went: Promising that huge things will happen, but wont deliver on that front. The mystery is (spoiler) Humanity will resurrect every human being in history ever as a glass robot, so that... yeah why that's not explained. Because it makes no sense for relatives who miss the person as they can't intervene in the timeline and actually show the relatives the robots.
The real reason why they do it is that Moffat hates bad endings. He killed Clara only to make her an immortal (literally) heartless girl that flies through space with another immortal woman. Now Bill is also immortal and dreads at the horizon to jump out of the deus ex machina box in any future episodes.I dearly hope Chris Chibnall and Jodie Whittaker can salvage what is left of Doctor who after Moffat is done with it.
Knife Fork
One piece of praise I can give for Capaldi's final outing is that it isn't the clusterf*** that Matt Smith's was. It's on a smaller scale, with a smaller cast of characters, which means there's no confusion as to what the hell is going on. The main plot serves as little more than a way to get the First and Twelfth Doctors to interact, but the episode knows this so their interactions are what gets the most focus. The First Doctor's sexist jokes and Twelfth's reactions to them are a good laugh, as are their constant attempts to one-up on each other. But on a deeper level, they are fleshed out well with both reluctant to regenerate but helping each other get through it and muster the will to carry on. It's much better than the shallow "I don't want to go" that dominated David Tennant's final episode.Gatiss's soldier adds a lot. I'd worried about his inclusion but it actually serves the story pretty well. So does Bill's return, as she isn't the real Bill but tries to persuade the Doctor that it doesn't matter, that she might as well be the real Bill. So it's good that her return doesn't ruin the way her story arc was tied up at the end of the last season like Russell T Davies did with Rose.It's a shame that Moffat couldn't embrace the smaller scale for what it was though. Lots of unnecessary things are thrown into the episode that dilute the parts that are actually good. The centre of the Universe, strange mutant things, something about a good Dalek... it's like Moffat threw in all the remaining ideas that he hadn't had a chance to use during his time as showrunner. What makes this worse is that these things clearly stretched the budget, giving the sets and monsters a cheap look.The regeneration scene is perfect, Peter Capaldi's final speech as the Doctor does impress. I'm not fully on board with a woman Doctor yet, but let's see how it pans out...
DoctorDangerDisco
To me this episode was perfect. I've seen a lot of complaining about the lack of action and no enemy. But they're missing the point. 12 already had his final battle in the doctor falls. This episode was more about the doctor learning about himself and everything he stands for. It showed the evolution of him. I loved the story of how the first doctor left galifrey because he wanted to see how good could ever beat evil and actually the answer to that was himself. David Bradley was a great first doctor and he's a great actor and its a shame he couldn't be his own original doctor. The final shots of the ww1 Christmas truce were beautiful it sums up why the doctor loves the earth so much that these soldiers who are at war could lay down their weapons for one day just to be kind was a brilliant moment and the scene of the 2 doctors standing there watching like ghosts was truly amazing. The cameos were a nice touch. Clara needed to be there in some form and they had a nice moment even if it wwsnt actually her. Also it was obvious Peter and Jenna didn't film the scene together but it was still a lovely moment and while nardoles appearance wasn't necessary it was still a nice and his speech about his battlefield being empty because everyone else had fallen was truly tragic and the last bit where they hugged and disappeared leaving his arms empty truly hit me hard. 12 I feel truly struggled with being alone more than any other.Capaldis 2 final speeches were truly beautiful about kindness. A doctor who had often been criticised as to dark or to cold and ruthless has shown he is the one who values kindness more than most. Say what you want about Moffat but he has truly given the doctor as a whole so much depth, he truly understands what makes him tick. Peter Capaldi you have been amazing both in the role and out of the role you truly are the doctor the universe we all need and have done so much and you deserve a great career ahead still and I may not like it but doctor, I let you go.The only negative I have is Jodie whitakers first scene. It felt lazy to me. This was chibnals debut scene and he did nothing to establish her character, the first words were as cliche and unoriginal as you can get then basically copied the 11th hour opening. Really hoping this isn't a sign to come for his era.But overall a beautiful episode for Peter Capaldi and him and Steven Moffat will truly be missed. Thank you gentleman for the best era of doctor who in my humble opinion.Overall rating: out of 10...12
philneil
I had seen the trailers and certain online spoilers for this episode and waited with eager anticipation. I finally sat down to watch and man did it live up to the hype.
I agree that it was a tiny bit slow in parts but the nostalgia aspect maintained the episode's watchability.
Parts of this story were set along the Western front during WW1, 1914... at Christmas time - so if you know your history, you will notice some foreshadowing for the upcoming narrative.
Everyone knew, myself included, how the story would end (Unless you have been living under a rock... on Gallifrey!) but it was still nonetheless captivating and goosebump-inducing to witness.
Peter Capaldi's Doctor had really grown on me, his delivery of some really laugh-out-loud lines with expert timing endeared himself to this viewer. That said, I am very eager to see where the cliffhanger takes Jodie's incarnation of The Doctor in season 11. 8/10