![]() (Now that is sexist.)ĭavid Bradley is enjoyable as the First Doctor. Bill brings her fun energy to the story, but it's still cheap to bring her back and not give her a character arc. Peter Capaldi is living his fanboy dream. That's strange for an episode which is generally very upbeat. It's valiant, but in a small, grim way - anti-climactic after the dramatic finale to series 10. He knows all of his companions are dead or Nardole, which is a pretty depressing reality. But it's a dull, half-hearted acceptance. In the end, the Twelfth Doctor, too, accepts his role in the universe. *Steven Moffat materializes in a time machine called the RETCON (Rewriting Every Thing Connecting Overarching Narrative)* While this trick worked in Day of the Doctor, saving just one human and spouting platitudes about music isn't powerful enough to really pull off the character development for either character. Bill's claim that the Doctor holds the universe together is a little overblown (that's a case of mistaken identity - Christmas isn't about the Doctor, y'know, but it is about someone). Ultimately, he finds that inspiration by seeing his future self save one life, messing with time a bit so an iconic Christmas moment can save the day. His case for this sounds a great deal like the death with dignity argument, and gives the story's aspirational glance at his future an It's a Wonderful Life vibe. The First Doctor doesn't want to continue because he wants to remain himself, to maintain control over his destiny. ![]() Much of the story's humor comes from the First Doctor's shock at seeing what he will become - an intergalactic superhero with a big mouth and a flashy TARDIS. The only real conflict in this episode is whether the Doctors will choose to regenerate. ![]() Here's the plot: we meet a villain the gang flee to meet a random minor character from a mediocre early Capaldi episode the Doctor finds out that the villains are actually benevolent.
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