But a subsequent scene between Missy and the Master is just as important, and reveals that the most pivotal moral arc of the season may be Missy’s. “Thanks for trying,” says Missy before selfishly escaping with the Master.
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‘Doctor Who’ recap: ‘World Enough and Time’ possibly hints at new Doctor, plus an ‘Interstellar’ time twistĪt first it seems that the Doctor’s words have fallen on deaf ears. If and when the Doctor falls, it’s for the sake of kindness. Virtue is only virtue in extremis.” That message prompted him to choose kindness and save Missy from execution, and in doing so he has given her the power to betray him. Without hope, without witness, without reward.
Good is good in the final hour, in the deepest pit. The ultimate irony here is that the Doctor’s words echo the words spoken to him earlier this season in “ Extremis.” His gone-but-not-forgotten wife River Song sent him a message that said, “Goodness is not goodness that seeks advantage.
Do you choose kindness or self-interest? What’s easy or what’s right? This reflects not just a conflict between the Doctor and the Master, but within individuals and societies the world over. Capaldi delivers that speech with a poignant blend of desperation and hope, and in trying to convince his polar opposite, the Master, we see a clash a fundamental worldviews. It’s unironic and unwavering in its philosophy of kindness. It’s scenes like this that remind me why I appreciate “Doctor Who” as much as I do. When will that be, have you thought about it? What would you die for? Who I am is where I stand. And I will stand here doing it until it kills me. Maybe there’s no point to any of this at all, but it’s the best I can do, so I’m going to do it. If I stand and fight some of them might live, maybe not many and maybe not for long. If I run away today good people will die. I do what I do because it’s right, because it’s decent, and above all it’s kind. It’s not even because it works because it hardly ever does. Not because it’s fun, god knows it’s not because it’s easy. I’m not doing this because I want to beat someone, or because I hate someone, or because I want to blame someone. “Winning? Is that what you think it’s about?” he tells the Master and Missy. The odds are not in their favor, and it’s not clear at this point which side Missy is on - was she just pretending to work with the Master, or has she really relapsed back into evil? The Doctor tries to convince them to stay with a marvelous speech delivered by Capaldi that is no less than a summation of the Doctor’s mission, not just in this adventure but in all adventures. Pearl Mackie (‘Doctor Who’) on the fans identifying with the 1st gay companion So the Doctor needs to prepare these isolated villagers for war. That means the Cybermen have already had years to regroup, upgrade, and plan an assault on the higher-ups. The time dilation is still in effect, which means time is moving much faster on the bottom floor than it is here in the middle. But they only make it about halfway up the station to this countryside-in-space on the 507th level. When the Master and Missy team up against him, he reprograms the Cybermen to target Time Lords, which forces them all to flee, along with Cyber-Bill and Nardole, in a shuttlecraft Nardole has procured. The Doctor has also found his way up here. The proto-Cybermen from the 1056th floor sometimes find their way upstairs the townspeople defeat them and string them up as scarecrows. But there are shades of something sinister going on here. There’s a bright blue sky, behind which we can faintly see the number “507,” which makes it clear that we’re still on the space station. Read our recap below for the top five takeaways from the new episode.Īfter last week’s intense drama, “The Doctor Falls” has a strangely idyllic beginning, with a horse-drawn carriage carrying children across a lush green field. Written by showrunner Steven Moffat and directed by Rachel Talalay, “The Doctor Falls” premiered on July 1.
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