7/5/2023 0 Comments Time doctor whoLupari must live for a very long time as a species if Karnavista was knocking about with the Doctor in the Division. I am not sure my kids have understood a single sentence he has uttered. He speaks as if he has leaked from an episode written by Mark Gatiss – a constant jumble of words showing off the writer’s 19th-century vocabulary. There didn’t seem any logic to him being in the Temple of Atropos last week in his one scene this week, he had a ray gun in the 1820s. Steve Oram’s Joseph Williamson again made a brief, but perplexing, appearance. Some thought the Mouri might turn out to be a Weeping Angels origin story – quantum-locked, linked to time? There had also been speculation Passenger might turn out to be housing Dan’s would-be girlfriend, Di (Nadia Albina), although older familiar faces (Sacha Dhawan? Timothy Dalton?) were bandied about. I enjoyed your theories below the line last week very much. Photograph: James Pardon/BBC Studios Mysteries and questions Rochendra Sandall didn’t have much to do as Azure, but did it as deliciously as ever. I couldn’t say the same for Matthew Needham in the role of Old Swarm in the flashbacks, so it was a relief to get some of Spruell at the end. Sam Spruell’s Swarm had positively swaggered his way through the opening two chapters – he is easily one of the best “big bads” we have had in recent years on Doctor Who, absolutely relishing being evil for evil’s sake. Some younger viewers will surely be a little disturbed at the idea Angels can get at you from a video game, especially if you have to smash up your precious console to save yourself. I found the idea of a hidden Angel creeping up on Yaz via the mirrors on her police patrol car a nice twist on their usual approach. Weeping Angels were also used sparingly in this episode – but to much greater effect. They might have been in the trailer, but that barely counted as a cameo by the Cybermen. We didn’t get much more backstory to Dan (John Bishop), although we will presumably find out next week how he copes with loss. Relations between Yaz (Mandip Gill) and the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) were more fraught than ever – with some sharp words between them as the Doctor continued on what seems to be a one-woman mission to uncover her past. Thaddea Graham’s Bel made her first appearance in chapter three.
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