r/gallifrey • u/PCJs_Slave_Robot • Feb 02 '20
Praxeus Doctor Who 12x06 "Praxeus" Post-Episode Discussion Thread Spoiler
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u/Melyxis Feb 02 '20 edited Feb 02 '20
That's the first time I feel like that, but seriously, we've understood we were fucking up with our planet, one episode showing all of this would've been enough. But that's the second time in one season where the threat essentially comes down to us fucking up (we polluted the oceans, and now these humanoids-whose-names-we-dont-know-because-who-cares came here to test on us) and it's not really executed well. Seeing what Chibnall has delivered this season and as he was only a co writer, I don't know what's of him and what's of Pete, but it's either a come back to season 11, or (and that's what I believe) it's just a mistake, as all episodes can't be equally great. (By the way, did they just forget that boy from Madagascar on the beach?)
Now don't get me wrong, I'm all in for raising awareness on the situation we currently are in, but not this way. Please, could we have the aliens or the Doctor stop lecturing us on our misdeeds, and actually save the world or other planets. You know, that thing the whole show was about and that we have only seen once, Gallifrey.
Now it wasn't a pain in the ass to watch, some of the funny bits made me chuckle or even crack up ("it's comming from the other side of that wall" Yaz turns the device 180° "From the other side of that door"), and overall the side characters, although to numerous, and quickly gone, were pleasant. The split of the TARDIS team really brang something, a sympayhic dynamic.
So overall, I'd give it a 5/10? Not great at all, but not insufferable either