Doctor Who came back in its 9th season with a twisty new episode that promised much and gave little. Finding himself on a distant planet, the Doctor throws his sonic screwdriver to a boy stranded in a mine field and encourages him to stay calm and save himself. He asks, "What is the name of the boy who won't die today?" The answer leaves him stunned, faced with an impossible decision that goes against his rules, his past, his morals and his conscience.
Fast-forward to our times and Clara leaves school early to meet up with UNIT when all the planes freeze in the air. Without explanation, Missy is back and crazily taunts Clara, saying she's the Doctor's best friend and archenemy. With his last will and testimony mysteriously in her hands, Missy drags Clara off to find the Doctor who's throwing himself a big three week party complete with an electric guitar, a tank and the word "dude" in what appears to be Medieval times. A snake-like messenger has been combing the universe searching for the Doctor and when he finally catches up, the Doctor comes face to face with his old archenemy Davros, and must make his impossible decision.
This episode really frustrated me. As my husband and I discussed, the Doctor is now criss-crossing over his own timeline and messing up all his own fixed points, creating paradoxes and no longer following any of the rules he's previously laid out in past episodes and regenerations. I think we can safely blame Moffat for that. Darn script writer. If he goes back in time and kills Davros as a boy, the Daleks will never be created but then the Time Lords will still be alive and the Doctor won't have had to destroy them. Everything he's done and become will have been for nothing. On the other hand, he could go back and positively influence Davros, possibly changing the future without killing him. But then Clara will still die in the future. I don't particularly mind that; I'm really tired of her. And they didn't explain how Missy is still alive! I hate that!
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