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(First watched 2024-10-08, -09, ) I don't quite understand the machine in use in the prison. So it removes bad impulses from prisoners... but what's it storing? If it was just electrical imbalances or whatever there'd be nothing to store, but they talk about the device being 65% full. So is it supposed to be physically removing some sort of ''evil'' substance? That they have no better way of disposing of than just leaving it in the machine indefinitely? That's how you create deadly Doctor Who villains, dude. I also don't understand how it is using mental control to convince people to die, but they actually end up with water in the lungs and whatnot. That's going beyond the mental, unless their brain convinced the rest of their body to secrete liquid to the lungs? | (First watched 2024-10-08, -09, -11, -16, -18, -20) I don't quite understand the machine in use in the prison. So it removes bad impulses from prisoners... but what's it storing? If it was just electrical imbalances or whatever there'd be nothing to store, but they talk about the device being 65% full. So is it supposed to be physically removing some sort of ''evil'' substance? That they have no better way of disposing of than just leaving it in the machine indefinitely? That's how you create deadly Doctor Who villains, dude. I also don't understand how it is using mental control to convince people to die, but they actually end up with water in the lungs and whatnot. That's going beyond the mental, unless their brain convinced the rest of their body to secrete liquid to the lungs? | ||
Next episode, aaaand the Master's back. And so are his masks that look perfect until they look awful when he removes them. | Next episode, aaaand the Master's back. And so are his masks that look perfect until they look awful when he removes them. | ||
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I don't quite understand how the Master is involved in all this. Just, logistically. He's "Dr. Keller" who provided the machine that removes the negative impulses from prisoners, sure. But for him to take on this persona, make the device, get it accepted by enough people to actually start putting into practice... wouldn't that mean he's been at this for a very long time? Certainly he'd have had to start it before the events of the previous episode, even though in the previous episode he wouldn't have known he was going to NEED another plan. Maybe he's just the kind of guy who plans for failure and has 10 evil schemes cooking simultaneously just in case? | I don't quite understand how the Master is involved in all this. Just, logistically. He's "Dr. Keller" who provided the machine that removes the negative impulses from prisoners, sure. But for him to take on this persona, make the device, get it accepted by enough people to actually start putting into practice... wouldn't that mean he's been at this for a very long time? Certainly he'd have had to start it before the events of the previous episode, even though in the previous episode he wouldn't have known he was going to NEED another plan. Maybe he's just the kind of guy who plans for failure and has 10 evil schemes cooking simultaneously just in case? | ||
So once things started getting sorted out and UNIT thought they'd be able to remotely detonate the missile... I was surprised how gung-ho they were for that solution! I mean, sure, beats having it launched to London. But this was supposed to be a nuclear bomb plus nerve gas component? Seems like a bad thing to set off several miles outside of London, too! Luckily at the end when they do use it... it seems like the lamest-ass nuclear weapon I've ever seen, with about enough power to take down a shed. Nice story contrivance that the mind parasite needed something like a nuclear weapon to be destroyed. | |||
I seem to be complaining or confused quite a bit, but I think this is a fair example of where Doctor Who can shine from the regular characters. Doctor/Master and Doctor/Brigadier especially have fun scenes together. Whereas the Doctor has occasionally been really down on the Brigadier when he goes for the more military solution, in this episode their interactions seemed more like mutually respectful teasing, which is more fun to watch. | |||
So I thought the Master would be stuck on Earth throughout this season, but he now has his TARDIS repaired. I still have the impression he'll be a big part of the rest of the season, but now he's got a hell of a lot more flexibility on what to do. | |||
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057: '''The Claws of Axos''' | 057: '''The Claws of Axos''' | ||