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Once, Upon Time

 


The cliffhanger from the previous episode was good but the answer came as a bit of a cop-out. Nothing new there. But it does set up the episode well, going through the time stream of Dan, Vinda and Yaz. Good back stories. 

The Doctor is trying to save her friends by forcing them through their past, making them relive unhappy moments that brought them all together. The decisions and the choices made that brought them into contact with the doctor in the first place. 


The episode starts off with a new character with a great twist at the end. This is Bel, with a ton of internal dialogue. We learn that she is talking to someone and has a small machine that offers smiley faces and flying hearts. 


Swarm is in this episode as well. And I still love his character. Who is the actor? Oh, Sam Spruell. Okay. 

We also learn that Swarm the skeletal alien was being held by a secretive Time Lord force known as the Division, which previously wiped the Doctor’s memory to hide her past as the Timeless Child. Chibnell fucked us who fans by changing The Doctor from a time lord to an unknown alien. Her/His DNA allowed the time lords to regenerate. That story totally screwed the original years from Hartnell to Jodie. 


The other Doctor that we met previously, Jo Martin. She is a past reincarnation of The Doctor, that the Doctor doesn't remember. She asks The Doctor some pointed questions that help her in the task ahead.  

In her past timeline, The Doctor is trying also to find out who she is and get back her wiped memories that The Division took from her. But she is kicked out. 

In the TARDIS, the Weeping Angels return. They are trying to disrupt timelines and mostly succeeding. 

Until: 


The Angels have the TARDIS!!!!!!!

My Dr. Who T-Shirt predicted this:









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