Doctor Who
Episode: “Time Heist”
Channel: BBC
Director: Douglas
Mackinnon
Writer: Steve Thompson and
Steven Moffat
Genre: Adventure,
Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 45 min
Rated: TV-PG
Original Air Date: September 20,
2014
This was a fun one-off episode. The
Doctor answers a mysterious phone call, and then wakes up in a room
with Clara and two strangers, with no memory of where they are or for
what purpose. What follows is an exciting heist episode with shades
of the Ocean's movies,
complete with a slow motion entrance by the crew. Douglass Mackinnon
uses camera angles reminiscent of those movies to heighten the
similarities, without it feeling like a rip-off.
The
story itself is fairly straight forward, with some decent action and
tense moments. The object of the heist was predictable, but still
leaves the audience with a feel good attitude by the end. The other
members of the Doctor's crew were fun and well-acted, without some of
the wooden moments that we've seen from other guest stars this season
At the
very end we see that the Doctor might have an ulterior motive for all
of these last minute excursions with Clara. I'm actually a little
excited to see this side of him. Sometimes with all of his grand
plans and time/space hopping it's easy to forget that he might suffer
from the same pettiness and insecurities as the rest of us. As long
as Mr. Moffat and company don't overdo it I think this will be a fun
avenue to pursue
Conclusion:
Despite some predictability this is an entertaining episode that
looks to be leading the Doctor in a fun direction. It's not the best
one-off episode they've done, but it's more than serviceable; fun and
enlightening regarding the new Doctor's personality.
Rating:
7/10
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