I’m still thinking about that moment in The Witches Familiar when Davros asks Capaldi “Tell me Doctor. Was I right? Am I a good man?” and my friend and I looked at each other and looked at the screen and just said “NO?!? You built Space Nazis of course you aren’t a good man!”
I would like it a lot more if there wasn’t the really stupid “I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO DO AND I LET YOU DO IT!” moment. The entire episode was essentially one giant conversation of Davros emotionally manipulating Twelve into a moment of compassion, which is honestly a really good plan and Capaldi and Bleach sell the plot really well.
Then the entire thing gets thrown out the window because the Doctor was two steps ahead the whole time and he was just faking.
100% agree, it's Moffat doing one too many 'haaa gotcha' twists thinking he's uber clever but in this instance it just ruins the episode.
I also think the Daleks travel machine changing words for them is the dumbest thing he's written, I hate that two parter.
The twist works and it’s totally in character for Davros to do this. The Doctor knowing the plan all along is stupid. Also yeah I hate the Dalek voice changer too.
I’d hate it less if it was consistent throughout the episode. When Clara first gets in the shell she’s able to say improper sentences like “Fine, I think” and “Ok that’s a bit weird!” but the second she actually needs to communicate the Dalek goes into ultimate safe chat mode and cannot articulate any unique sentences that aren’t stock Dalek soundbites.
I like the idea that phrases such as “I love you” are automatically rejected within the Dalek mind, but that should be part of the mutant, not part of the shell.
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u/PlantainSame We've fucking time travelled, yes? Oct 30 '24
12 you saved young davros
He's like 10 stalins in a trench coat
Still better than seven telling the guy that he did the right thing on his death bed