The Pyramid at the End of the World
I really didn't like that. If you've a strong stomach for swearing, my ranty "review" is here.
But what did you guys think?
But what did you guys think?
Poll #18422 The Pyramid at the End of the World
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 29
The Pyramid at the End of the World?
YAY!
6 (22.2%)
nay :(
16 (59.3%)
Other; please specify
5 (18.5%)
Erica?
YAY!
28 (96.6%)
nay :(
0 (0.0%)
Other; please specify
1 (3.4%)
Are you looking forward to next week?
YAY!
21 (80.8%)
nay :(
3 (11.5%)
Other; please specify
2 (7.7%)
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The way the military leaders are completely convinced by what seems to be just a 30-second vision they get by touching something seemed really cheap and unbelievable to me. The whole thing could have been fake, no matter how real it seemed. We got a throwaway line of 'it was real, I felt it' to try to convince us, and that was it. Very lazy writing, but then I'm not sure how aliens in that position *could* convince political and military leaders, short of the disaster already being underway (and even then... global warming...), which wasn't how the writers wanted the plot to go. Which makes it lazy plotting.
And yeah, the magic shades can't read text thing was cheap too. They were doing a decent job of showing the Doctor managing to work with his impairment up until that point.
Erica was great. Nice that he offered her a job on the Tardis, but shame that wasn't followed through.
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The incompetence of the hungover guy in particular was groan-worthy, but also the automatic venting to outside (considering what they study, a shockingly bad decision by somebody who presumably wasn't hung over at the time); and even blind, the Doctor should be able to deal with a combination lock. Use your sense of touch! Or an app on your smart-glasses! Email Bill a photo! The fact that he didn't seems like an egregious case of This Is The Plot Speaking.
As for next week, I guess I'd say I'm looking forward to it ... with trepidation.
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Yeah, who grabs a handful of dead goop and wanders around with it?
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Realised I'm especially bored of Moffat's stories all starting with the Doctor being summoned or specially targeted. I hadn't realised how much I prefer the Doctor et Al stumbling into someone else's story until we had a run of non-Moffat stories that all did that.
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I think it's difficult for me to judge the strength or weakness of this episode overall until I see the resolution. We've had the opening, we've had the middle. If the final act pays off, this episode will be stronger. If it doesn't, then it's not going to be remembered as fondly.
Bill's reaction at the end seems in keeping with what I'd expect of a companion lately - sacrifice whatever it takes to save the Doctor, then trust that he'll fix the problem. I can imagine Rose or Amy doing the same in the end.