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The episode was short scenewise, but narratively it was a feast. After rewatching the first scene with the meeting between "Idris" and the Doctor, there were all sorts of hints in her/it's speech that made sense only after you'd watched the ending, very touching. First time the H-word meant so much. Also retroactively touching, that all this time he's been doted on and cared for by a 11th dimension being that took interest in him. *sniff* Suranne Jones felt and looked like Helena Bonham-Carter in this role, only agreeable. Guffaw-haw.
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Hey, at least that explains why they kept up the old control room set. This episode was planned to be last year, so they must have just thought "ooh, let's not knock it down and use it". And when it got bumped back a year, they just kept it up for longer.
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The TARDIS console that The Doctor and Idris knocked up from stuff laying around in the junkyard was created from a design by an 11-year-old girl who won a Blue Peter competition - nice to see the next generation of Whovians being part of the reality of the fantasy.
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I loved the scene where she tells the Doctor "I go Vooorrrrpppp!" I think this is my favorite Doctor Smith episode.
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"Hello". She said it like it was the most important thing in the world for the Doctor to hear, for both of them, which it was. It implied so much on so many different levels. With the word "Hello" she wanted to announce her conscious existence to him (in the very beginning of the episode, but she couldn't find the word so she kissed and bit him instead), and at the same time indicate her constant awareness of him through the ages, and underscore her deep approval of him, that he'd done right by her. Narratively she assumed the role of a Lady God, a non-linear, benign and curious entity that had singled him out long ago. Enough to give the Doctor pause. And the brevity of it was the perfect, bittersweet last touch. So noir.
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That's a great post Nim. Hit the nail right on the head. It was a great episode. Only thing I would have liked was more elaborate hallways in the TARDIS.
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