Spyfall
Part 2
The
second episode of Series 12. The episode picks up where the previous
episode left off, with the Doctor in the Not Upside Down. However,
she meets someone there, who she follows to 1834, and who she
discovers to be Ada Lovelace! More about Ada (along with someone
else) below. Meanwhile, the 'Fam' find a way to survive the loss of
the cockpit in the plane. More about that below. And meanwhile, the
Master is aboard his TARDIS in flight, chewing Barton out. More about
the Master and Barton below.
All
three intros were done well. First, the Doctor and Ada. The Doctor
'fangirling' about Ada (and later Noor Khan) was done well. And Ada
being able to adapt to help the Doctor against the Master's schemes
in 1834, and in 1943 was done rather well. The Doctor outwitting the
Master by outing him as a spy to the Nazis was not too over the top.
The Doc saving the 'Fam' was reminiscent of Bill Preston and Ted
Logan doing something similar in the Bill
and Ted movies.
However, I'm not sure what to make of the Doctor erasing Ada and
Noor's memories of the adventure.
If
there is a weak part to the episode, it is with the Fam, like their
escapades have little to do with what the Doctor is doing with Ada
and Noor. (Graham's question was quite apt. He had been replaced,
temporarily). Their running from Barton (and the authorities) was
done well, but I'm not sure what to make of 'Laser Shoes'. Will they
keep showing up through the series? The most pertinent part is them
realising they know the Doctor little and finding out more about her
at the end (albeit, not about Gallifrey's new fate, see below).
Barton
and the Master using the Kasaavin aliens to overwrite humanity, via
VOR's technology? Interesting idea, but aspects have been done
before, e.g. The Bells of
Saint John. Barton
saying Humanity will end was an interesting part. However the real
elephant in the room is Gallifrey, with the Master saying he
destroyed the Time Lord civilisation because of a great lie at the
founding of that civilisation. The Timeless Child. Not sure what to
make of this. Overall a good episode. More in the two parter overall
review.
8.5/10.
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