Episode Review - Series 8 - Episode 12 - 'Death in Heaven'
Hello again, 12 weeks on from my last blog post, and the latest series of Doctor Who has came to an end. I was going to be reviewing all 12 episodes but as you can see that hasn't happened, I have been plagued with work, so I thought to make it even and review the last episode of the series for you, hold on to your hats, this one was a whopper of an episode!
To begin, I am going to discuss the narrative. The Episode was the second part of the previous episode 'Dark Water', for ease I will not be talking about the first part in depth but will give you an overview of the goings on for the context of the review.
Missy, who was revealed as the master in the previous episode is back to bring death upon the earth. We see an army of Cyberman which is led by Missy. The scenes are iconic as it is set in the surroundings of St Paul's Cathedral, which relates to a previous episode of Doctor Who with the same villain and surroundings. Missy has set up an army of Cybermen, which she will use to kill every human on the planet. But she has more Cybermen than we first thought, in the previous episode we see Danny Pink get hit by a car, and die, and then appear in a after life world, which really turns out to be a hard drive storing dead peoples souls, which is Time Lord technology, as notified by Missy. These people stored in the drive are then used to make their dead bodies 'upgrade' into a Cyberman form, creating a bigger army. I think that the narrative of the story was unique and engaging, Steven Moffat includes moments of previous episodes, but he kept the story fresh and witty as he always does. I think that the story was imaginative and really got me thinking for hours after the episode about if the after life was a reality, which really shows the episode did its soul purpose of captivating minds. Moffat also made fan fiction into a reality by showing that Time Lords can regenerate into women, doing this certainly made the show fresh as it wasn't just brining back the master which if they did just bring him back then the episode would of lost its engagement.
Lastly, we see an old friend, as Missy is about to be killed by the Doctor, former UNIT member Brigadier comes back as Cyberman form to kill Missy, and saves his daughter from the plane crash earlier on in the episode. We see her mentioned that her dad also wanted a salute off the Doctor, and he certainly got that off him after the killing of Missy. This was an incredible idea, and only Moffat could of thought of something like that, which again linked previous episodes, keeping that massive life of the Doctor, alive.
Visual effects were great as always, we had flying Cybermen, exploding planes, and even St Paul's Cathedral roof opening up! BBC have a great crew on the Doctor Who team getting special effects mastered. The little things we see aren't noticed but without them the reality of the show would be lost. My favourite effect would have to be the prosthetic face of Danny Pink, we see Clara take off his mask and reveal his corpse ridden face, this was amazing make-up effects and really just made it that extra bit weird and eyrie.
Overall, the episode was a packed show, full of emotions, and most of all it was fresh, Moffat still kept in key detail from the Doctors past, but he never fails to make an episode unique and new. I think that it would have to be my favourite episode of Doctor Who yet. The return of the master was unexpected and was carried out in a wonderful way to show that women can be Time Lords. I am really excited for the Christmas special and really hope that Clara returns. Lastly, Peter Capaldi is a great Doctor, over the 12 episodes he has grown to be my Doctor, and he now officially owns the title! Capaldi has played the role fantastically, and I am looking forward to the future of Doctor Who!
Did you like the episode? What was your favourite moment? Email me your thoughts at:
kadebeadman@gmail.com or comment below!
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To begin, I am going to discuss the narrative. The Episode was the second part of the previous episode 'Dark Water', for ease I will not be talking about the first part in depth but will give you an overview of the goings on for the context of the review.
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| Missy AKA The Master |
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| The Cyberman plaguing London in 1968. |
Lastly, we see an old friend, as Missy is about to be killed by the Doctor, former UNIT member Brigadier comes back as Cyberman form to kill Missy, and saves his daughter from the plane crash earlier on in the episode. We see her mentioned that her dad also wanted a salute off the Doctor, and he certainly got that off him after the killing of Missy. This was an incredible idea, and only Moffat could of thought of something like that, which again linked previous episodes, keeping that massive life of the Doctor, alive.
Visual effects were great as always, we had flying Cybermen, exploding planes, and even St Paul's Cathedral roof opening up! BBC have a great crew on the Doctor Who team getting special effects mastered. The little things we see aren't noticed but without them the reality of the show would be lost. My favourite effect would have to be the prosthetic face of Danny Pink, we see Clara take off his mask and reveal his corpse ridden face, this was amazing make-up effects and really just made it that extra bit weird and eyrie.
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| Danny Pink in Cyberman form |
Overall, the episode was a packed show, full of emotions, and most of all it was fresh, Moffat still kept in key detail from the Doctors past, but he never fails to make an episode unique and new. I think that it would have to be my favourite episode of Doctor Who yet. The return of the master was unexpected and was carried out in a wonderful way to show that women can be Time Lords. I am really excited for the Christmas special and really hope that Clara returns. Lastly, Peter Capaldi is a great Doctor, over the 12 episodes he has grown to be my Doctor, and he now officially owns the title! Capaldi has played the role fantastically, and I am looking forward to the future of Doctor Who!
Did you like the episode? What was your favourite moment? Email me your thoughts at:
kadebeadman@gmail.com or comment below!
©beady1997 ©google images
