This was one of the worst Doctor Who episodes ever.
Lots of money spent on special effects, but what a waste. My problems with this episode included: 1. Ridiculous basis of the episode to start with (Moon = Egg) 2. Heavy pro-life under-current rammed down our throats. 3. The Doctor behaving totally out of character. 4. The Courtney character starts annoying and gets worse. 5. There are huge plot inconsistencies (yeah right... an unknown person Clara addressing the entire world on a global broadcast, resulting in everyone in the world "Voting") 6. Unclear breaks in continuity (the gravity yo-yo business and when the shuttle slides down into the crevasse). 7. The Doctor's misplaced positive spin on mankind going out into space on a positive footing (i.e. not killing the egg. But mankind DID vote to kill it. Clara overrode the vote. So how can that be a positive for mankind. 8. Huge physics inconsistencies like "where did the extra mass come from as the embryo grew", and "where did the extra mass come from to create a new moon even after the new life form has flown off". 9. An secondary heroine (the astronaut) that I tried to sympathize with but just couldn't.
Simply a REALLY bad episode. It took me three weeks to almost recover from the first episode of the season, now I am back to square one, not really wanting to watch the next one. That's a big statement for me after not missing an episode for six or seven years.
Lots of money spent on special effects, but what a waste. My problems with this episode included: 1. Ridiculous basis of the episode to start with (Moon = Egg) 2. Heavy pro-life under-current rammed down our throats. 3. The Doctor behaving totally out of character. 4. The Courtney character starts annoying and gets worse. 5. There are huge plot inconsistencies (yeah right... an unknown person Clara addressing the entire world on a global broadcast, resulting in everyone in the world "Voting") 6. Unclear breaks in continuity (the gravity yo-yo business and when the shuttle slides down into the crevasse). 7. The Doctor's misplaced positive spin on mankind going out into space on a positive footing (i.e. not killing the egg. But mankind DID vote to kill it. Clara overrode the vote. So how can that be a positive for mankind. 8. Huge physics inconsistencies like "where did the extra mass come from as the embryo grew", and "where did the extra mass come from to create a new moon even after the new life form has flown off". 9. An secondary heroine (the astronaut) that I tried to sympathize with but just couldn't.
Simply a REALLY bad episode. It took me three weeks to almost recover from the first episode of the season, now I am back to square one, not really wanting to watch the next one. That's a big statement for me after not missing an episode for six or seven years.