Story: Extremis
Written By: Steven Moffat
Length: 45 Minutes
Year: 2017
"Extremis" is top notch Doctor Who. It not only plays with this new reveal that the Doctor is currently blind, and thus a little out of his depth, but it also just plays with the show's format in a clever way, all while revealing more of the Vault Arc this season has been setting up, as well setting up the next episode's villain. In every way I enjoyed this episode, and it was among the top episodes of Capaldi's run so far in my opinion.
The Doctor, struggling with his new-found blindness, receives an e-mail on the Sonic Sunglasses (with their new need they seem less stupid and annoying as they did in Series 9), and we next see him interrupting Bill's date by bringing the Pope into her bedroom. The Doctor brings in Bill to assist him (along with Nardole) in his attempt to read a book called the Veritas in the Vatican secret library. Of course the Doctor can't read due to his lost eyesight, but only Nardole knows that.
As the episode unravels the creepy monster Monks that chase the Doctor and his cohorts turn out to not really be invading the Earth...yet. Slowly it is revealed that the entire episode takes place inside a hologram, not even the Doctor or Bill are real. At first this was mindbending and I wasn't entirely sure when the hologram bit began, has the whole season been there? Then it clicked...the e-mail at the beginning of the episode, that was the start of the recording, being sent to the Doctor from his hologram counterpart, to warn him that the Monks were not only practicing to invade, but were currently ready. It is great set up for next week, and done in such a new and clever way that proves that even though Moffat has been around a while, he still somehow has a few tricks left up his sleeve.
Also revealed in this episode is that Missy is indeed, at least as far as the episode made clear, inside the Vault. As the Doctor was at some point meant to execute her and guard her body in the vault for 1000 years, but he chose not to kill her (because he is the Doctor and Nardole came post his last night with River to give the Doctor a bit of a kick to do the right thing in River's name), and has just kept her locked up alive, still keeping true to his word of guarding for 1000 years, just with the caveat that she isn't dead. And in the end of this particular story, the Doctor seems to be thinking of using Missy's help to fight off this new enemy..should be an intriguing episode next time!
NEXT TIME: The Monks' Pyramid
Written By: Steven Moffat
Length: 45 Minutes
Year: 2017
"Extremis" is top notch Doctor Who. It not only plays with this new reveal that the Doctor is currently blind, and thus a little out of his depth, but it also just plays with the show's format in a clever way, all while revealing more of the Vault Arc this season has been setting up, as well setting up the next episode's villain. In every way I enjoyed this episode, and it was among the top episodes of Capaldi's run so far in my opinion.
As the episode unravels the creepy monster Monks that chase the Doctor and his cohorts turn out to not really be invading the Earth...yet. Slowly it is revealed that the entire episode takes place inside a hologram, not even the Doctor or Bill are real. At first this was mindbending and I wasn't entirely sure when the hologram bit began, has the whole season been there? Then it clicked...the e-mail at the beginning of the episode, that was the start of the recording, being sent to the Doctor from his hologram counterpart, to warn him that the Monks were not only practicing to invade, but were currently ready. It is great set up for next week, and done in such a new and clever way that proves that even though Moffat has been around a while, he still somehow has a few tricks left up his sleeve.
Also revealed in this episode is that Missy is indeed, at least as far as the episode made clear, inside the Vault. As the Doctor was at some point meant to execute her and guard her body in the vault for 1000 years, but he chose not to kill her (because he is the Doctor and Nardole came post his last night with River to give the Doctor a bit of a kick to do the right thing in River's name), and has just kept her locked up alive, still keeping true to his word of guarding for 1000 years, just with the caveat that she isn't dead. And in the end of this particular story, the Doctor seems to be thinking of using Missy's help to fight off this new enemy..should be an intriguing episode next time!
NEXT TIME: The Monks' Pyramid
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