Written by: Finny
So I'm sure most of you have seen this episode already, but just in case you haven't: I'm going to rock out some **SPOILERS** in this review. I know, I know, I'm breaking every single rule of Doctor Who - and if you want to find Liam Neeson and have him give me a call, fair enough. :P
So really what this episode is all about, and most likely every new episode of Doctor Who in this season will be about, is Clara. So to me, Clara is a really interesting character. We've met two versions of her in the past, and now we are onto V3. But what does it all mean? Is Clara the one and only companion who can make us forget the ultimate question "Doctor Who?" and move onto "Clara Who?". Because to me, I really, really want to find out how she is the only impossible thing out there that's actually possible. And luckily, The Doctor is wondering the exact same thing.
I mean, The Doctor goes as far as to rock out back in time to check up on Clara's parents - just to presumably figure out how she's even where she is today. It's a beautiful story about how a leaf blinded her father, and that led to him meeting her mother and ever since they met, they've kept this leaf as a symbol of what was, and what will be. But more on that leaf later.
Right now, let's focus on how Clara and The Doctor end up on an alien world where a giant parasite needs to feed on emotion, song, spirit and basically anything else meaningful to many different alien races. We meet The Queen of Years, who is a really young lady whose singing can calm basically anything that's evil - except on this day. Which is where I got a little bit confused. Did her singing work? Did it not work? I really don't know - because nobody really seemed to react in any way at all. Maybe it wasn't supposed to work because this is where we needed to see Clara really shine as the voice of humanity.
About that leaf. The most important leaf in the history of humanity I believe was how it was put (probably not verbatim, but it's how I remember it). Clara shows us a lot of passion in this episode. She shows and speaks to how this leaf isn't only important because of what happened between her parents in the past, but what could have happened between her parents in the future. It was this monologue that totally made me empathize with her character. She took this leaf that was a symbol of her parents, and herself, and sacrificed it because it saved the lives of countless others. She showed an incredible amount of passion while doing it - because she knew how much it meant (and that freaking parasite god sun thing seemed to really want that leaf - which was preserved pretty nicely after all those years, by the way) in terms of showing these aliens the true capabilities of human compassion.
Overall, I think it was a pretty great episode - although there were a few things that seemed out of place, but par for the course with Doctor Who I suppose. I love that Clara took charge even though it was presumably the first time she'd ever been on another planet with aliens and other folks she knew nothing about. BUT, there's one thing I absolutely LOVED more than anything throughout the entire episode - The Doctor's speech. This gave me chills. And I'd like to know other people's thoughts on this as well, but here it is:
"Oh you like to think you’re a god. But you’re not a god, you’re just a parasite. Eat now, the jealousy and envy and longing for the lives of others. You feed on them. On the memory of love and loss and birth and death and joy and sorrow. So…so. Come on, then. Take mine. Take my memories, but I hope you’ve got a big appetite because I have lived a long life and I have seen a few things. I walked away from the last great time war. I marked the passing of the Time Lords. I saw the birth of the universe and I watched as time ran out moment by moment until nothing remained. No time, no space, just me! I walked in universes where the laws of physics were devised by the mind of a mad man. I’ve watched universes freeze at creation’s birth. I have seen things you wouldn’t believe. I have lost things you will never understand. And I know things. Secrets that must never be told, knowledge that must never be spoken. Knowledge that will make parasite gods blaze! So come on, then! Take it! Take it all, baby! Have it! You have it all!"
And that was pretty bad ass.
How'd you all like the episode? Let us know on here or on our Facebook Page. We'd love to hear your comments!!
Cheers!
So I'm sure most of you have seen this episode already, but just in case you haven't: I'm going to rock out some **SPOILERS** in this review. I know, I know, I'm breaking every single rule of Doctor Who - and if you want to find Liam Neeson and have him give me a call, fair enough. :P
So really what this episode is all about, and most likely every new episode of Doctor Who in this season will be about, is Clara. So to me, Clara is a really interesting character. We've met two versions of her in the past, and now we are onto V3. But what does it all mean? Is Clara the one and only companion who can make us forget the ultimate question "Doctor Who?" and move onto "Clara Who?". Because to me, I really, really want to find out how she is the only impossible thing out there that's actually possible. And luckily, The Doctor is wondering the exact same thing.
I mean, The Doctor goes as far as to rock out back in time to check up on Clara's parents - just to presumably figure out how she's even where she is today. It's a beautiful story about how a leaf blinded her father, and that led to him meeting her mother and ever since they met, they've kept this leaf as a symbol of what was, and what will be. But more on that leaf later.
Right now, let's focus on how Clara and The Doctor end up on an alien world where a giant parasite needs to feed on emotion, song, spirit and basically anything else meaningful to many different alien races. We meet The Queen of Years, who is a really young lady whose singing can calm basically anything that's evil - except on this day. Which is where I got a little bit confused. Did her singing work? Did it not work? I really don't know - because nobody really seemed to react in any way at all. Maybe it wasn't supposed to work because this is where we needed to see Clara really shine as the voice of humanity.
About that leaf. The most important leaf in the history of humanity I believe was how it was put (probably not verbatim, but it's how I remember it). Clara shows us a lot of passion in this episode. She shows and speaks to how this leaf isn't only important because of what happened between her parents in the past, but what could have happened between her parents in the future. It was this monologue that totally made me empathize with her character. She took this leaf that was a symbol of her parents, and herself, and sacrificed it because it saved the lives of countless others. She showed an incredible amount of passion while doing it - because she knew how much it meant (and that freaking parasite god sun thing seemed to really want that leaf - which was preserved pretty nicely after all those years, by the way) in terms of showing these aliens the true capabilities of human compassion.
Overall, I think it was a pretty great episode - although there were a few things that seemed out of place, but par for the course with Doctor Who I suppose. I love that Clara took charge even though it was presumably the first time she'd ever been on another planet with aliens and other folks she knew nothing about. BUT, there's one thing I absolutely LOVED more than anything throughout the entire episode - The Doctor's speech. This gave me chills. And I'd like to know other people's thoughts on this as well, but here it is:
"Oh you like to think you’re a god. But you’re not a god, you’re just a parasite. Eat now, the jealousy and envy and longing for the lives of others. You feed on them. On the memory of love and loss and birth and death and joy and sorrow. So…so. Come on, then. Take mine. Take my memories, but I hope you’ve got a big appetite because I have lived a long life and I have seen a few things. I walked away from the last great time war. I marked the passing of the Time Lords. I saw the birth of the universe and I watched as time ran out moment by moment until nothing remained. No time, no space, just me! I walked in universes where the laws of physics were devised by the mind of a mad man. I’ve watched universes freeze at creation’s birth. I have seen things you wouldn’t believe. I have lost things you will never understand. And I know things. Secrets that must never be told, knowledge that must never be spoken. Knowledge that will make parasite gods blaze! So come on, then! Take it! Take it all, baby! Have it! You have it all!"
And that was pretty bad ass.
How'd you all like the episode? Let us know on here or on our Facebook Page. We'd love to hear your comments!!
Cheers!
