Doctor Who Series 10, Episode 12 Review - The Doctor Falls

What did you think of this episode?

• Sonic!
• Good!
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• Exterminate!

Oh man, this finale is a work of art and The Doctor Falls is a phenomenal piece of Doctor Who which showcases just why Peter Capaldi and Steven Moffat were such a dream team. It’s epic and intimate, trippy and quiet, it honestly has a little bit of everything.

The first thing that you can notice is how stunning the direction is. Rachel Talalay obviously knows her onions. Bill as a Cyberman is a prime example - picturing herself as human, seeing her shadow and reflection. Everyone backing away as we see Bill as she sees herself. It is heartbreaking.

I love Bill so much!

"Look, there's Bill. Dead, dismembered, fed through a grinder and squeezed into a Cyberman. Doomed to spend an eternal afterlife as a bio-mechanical psycho-zombie. It was hilarious."

Peter Capaldi is so good. So, so good! I am going to struggle to see him go all over again. My Doctor!

I think his kindness speech is probably the best speech he has given, and it has to be one of the best Doctor speeches in all of Doctor Who. It also gets the best response to a speech when Simm's Master completely pies him.

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Then we have the Master, or should I say Masters. John Simm is still a Master who's a horrible shit but he isn't quite as unhinged as he was during his time with Tennant. Gone is the manic laugh, now he is just quietly being cruel. He wants to fuck himself, he mocks Bill and her bras, and he is still as selfish as ever.

"Though, didn't you used to be a woman? I'm going to be a woman, fairly soon. Any tips? Or, maybe, I dunno, old bras?"

Michelle Gomez is brilliant as always. Missy is so close to some sort of redemption, but does she ever really get it? Maybe, who knows. The dynamic with Simm is so good though. Got to love a poetic ending!

Nardole gets to be a bad ass, and I'm all for that.

The Doctor fighting the Cybermen as he lists places he has defeated them is brilliant. It is iconic!

It all led to an ending that I loved, even if I didn't make complete sense of it.

"Pity. No stars. I hoped there'd be stars."

If Heather hadn't offered to make her human again I would have let it slide, but why did Bill choose to bugger off and leave the Doctor dead or dying on the floor? Surely Bill would want to be human again, get the Doctor better, and carry on travelling with him? Did I miss something? I usually do to be fair!

Oh, and also, fuck you Heather, Bill cried before, why didn't you rock up earlier and we wouldn't be in such a pickle.

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I wonder how much of that was down to Chibnall delaying taking over? If the original ending was Twelve regenerating I guess it would have made a little more sense. Would Bill have stayed to comfort him as he regenerated? Would he have sent her away. Would the ending be exactly the same but instead of fighting regeneration he regenerates?

It bugs me, but I still loved it.

"You know what, old man? I'm never going to believe you're really dead. Because one day everyone's just going to need you too much. Until then. It's a big universe, but I hope I see you again."

The Doctor Falls is the type of episode that reminds me why I love this show so much. Just a mad Time Lord with a box, helping everyone they can. Whoever it is, however big or small. All done with kindness - without witness or reward.

The end for Capaldi and Moffat is very near, but they are going out with a bang.

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What did you think of The Doctor Falls? Would this have been a better regeneration episode than Twice Upon a Time? Let me know in the comments below.

RATING: Sonic!

BEST LINE: No! No! When I say no, you turn back around! Hey! I'm going to be dead in a few hours, so before I go, let's have this out, you and me, once and for all. Winning? Is that what you think it's about? I'm not trying to win. I'm not doing this because I want to beat someone, or because I hate someone, or because, because I want to blame someone. It's not because it's fun and God knows it's not because it's easy. It's not even because it works, because it hardly ever does. I do what I do, because it's right! Because it's decent! And above all, it's kind. It's just that. Just kind. If I run away today, good people will die. If I stand and fight, some of them might live. Maybe not many, maybe not for long. Hey, you know, maybe there's no point in any of this at all, but it's the best I can do, so I'm going to do it. And I will stand here doing it till it kills me. You're going to die too, some day. How will that be? Have you thought about it? What would you die for? Who I am is where I stand. Where I stand, is where I fall. Stand with me. These people are terrified. Maybe we can help, a little. Why not, just at the end, just be kind?

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