I am already in love with Saturday's episode! It even tops Victory of the Daleks as my favourite episode of this series. I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't seen it yet (and why not?) but to me it came across as The Edge of Destruction, The Celestial Toymaker, The Mind Robber, The Daemons and The Ultimate Foe rolled into one, with a smattering of Night of the Living Dead, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz in there too. What is there not to love about this episode? I can't fault it really, and I think fan reaction has been really positive so far.
This episode is set within a dream world, although technically it takes place in the TARDIS. This is the first time Simon Nye has ever written an episode for the show, or any science fiction for that matter, since he comes from a comedy background. The Doctor gets to do some granny bashing, so what is there not to like? I sure hope Moffat lets him write another episode again soon!
If you are a fan of Andrew Cartmel's darker Doctor (hinted at in Season 26) then you'll love the Dream Lord! Toby Jones is brilliant in the role, I had only ever seen him in The Mist before this episode, I will have to keep an eye out for him in the future. I do hope we will see more of him soon, perhaps he even has a role to play at the end of this series? Who knows...
The preview for next week's episode looks good, although I am still unsure as to what to make of the new design of the Silurians...I think the originals were much better, but I'm probably just being bias! Until next week folks...Geronimo!!!
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