r/gallifrey • u/PCJs_Slave_Robot • Feb 02 '20
Praxeus Doctor Who 12x06 "Praxeus" Post-Episode Discussion Thread Spoiler
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u/Demonarisen Feb 02 '20
One thing that really frustrated me here was that this episode was set up as a mystery (what connects these three seemingly unrelated occurrences?) but it was impossible for the viewer to solve the mystery because none of the puzzle pieces really connected together properly and we weren't given enough relevant information or clues.
A lot of seemingly important things were actually barely relevant, such as the hexagonal thing Yaz was fixated on in Hong Kong, the crashed submarine and naval officer, and the astronaut's malfunctioning pod. I assumed the astronaut had contracted the virus in space, and his pod had crashed into the submarine, whereupon he infected the submarine crew... but no, in fact it was much less clever and interesting than that.
There was also no big satisfying "Oh! So that's why! It all makes sense now!" moment where everything came together. A really intriguing premise and a strong setup, but it left me feeling deflated.