I wish I wasn't so behind on watching this series! I would have posted my thoughts about each one but it'd mean a long out of place post and I'd risk reading spoilers :heehee: *puts them messily in the rate instead* :lol:
5.5 The Return of Doctor Mysterio - Just seemed too much like a superhero episode than a Doctor Who sci-fi episode tbh (although I still like superhero shows!)
8 The Pilot - this was actually a great way to introduce the series.
7 Smile (down a little because emojis etc.) but a decent episode other than the loose ended ending
6 Thin Ice - this one seemed a bit dull and I wasn't much of a fan of the plot either. I might grow on it after watching it again
7.5 Knock Knock - I did like the mysteriousness of this one.
9 Oxygen - oh yess finally a classic outerspace themed episode :cheer: I loved the idea of the future being a complete mess and people having to pay money to breathe :') the ending where it's revealed the Doctor is still blind was cool.
9 Extremis - I have a thing for storylines involving people being unsure of what's real or not, even themselves. Amy's Choice teas! The ending of the episode was great, how the Doctor recorded it all and sent himself an email :lol:
11 The Pyramid at the End of the World - This episode slayed. The storyline, the monks (and how they saw the types of consent), the danger etc. :wub: the situation the Doctor was in to make him admit of his blindness was well executed too.
10 The Lie of the Land - another monk episode and such a fab continuation. It reminded me of the end of S6 when the timelines were a mess after River refused to kill the Doctor. The false scenario of the Doctor regenerating was great as well, and the ending was very emotional :cry:
10 Empress of Mars - I'm so happy that the Ice Warriors had a full modern episode for them. It was very much like the Silurian episodes too with how the humans reacted to the warriors and vice versa. And I loved how they made peace with each other and both races showed their compassion, which I didn't think would happen after seeing quite a few shots taken to the warriors. Not to mention Victorians being so out of place (which the show has done before a few times and always works out great). Brilliant!
9 The Eaters of the Light - This could be pretty much a 10 but I've given out four of them already and want them to be ranked higher :kink: loved the CGI of the creatures and the whole "three sided" conflict with the humans and how they had to work together. The ending (showing they've been on top form this series :P ) was also well played and I loved seeing how adamant she was in guarding the gate which the Doc was very against! The thing about the crows talking until a couple of thousand years ago was hilarious :lol:
10 World Enough and Time - yass at Missy becoming a protagonist :cheer: the scenes where she shows remorse are rather touching. Despite the show only recently having a companion convert a companion to a cyberman (Danny, and before that to an extent Craig) the ways Bill was converted were interesting. The Girl Who Waited style of time passing differently in different places is what I enjoy seeing too (upsetting at the same time for the companions!) seeing classic cybermen was also a highlight and I knew John Simm would be returning and his review was unexpected too :clap: Missy pretending to be on the Master's side was acted well and I wasn't sure what to think at that point. Love a bit of suspense :P
10 The Doctor Falls - This could be my least (or second to least following the Death in Heaven episode) finale but the scene with Missy and Master was probably my favourite and it was well scripted. It IS a shame that we lose Missy JUST when she was becoming part of the team but I suppose she's no River and the show did make the right decision with killing her off. The Doctor getting shot my a basic cyberman (lol) was a bit sudden but good all the same, and it was great to see Heather return in the way she did. How very similar it compared to Clara travelling with Me :heehee: (did Bill not know about regeneration then? I'm sure she would'nt have gone if she did). Regarding the Doc's "regeneration" in a way I did like how he was refusing to change but I think he's done that sort of thing before and it seemed a lil repetitive now. I'm very excited to see how the closing scene with Doc12 and Doc1 will play out! Only thing is (iirc) the next episode is a Christmas special and I'm not sure if it'll be as exciting as it might have been if the following episode was a regular episode.
Pretty good series overall I think! It was the last series I think that had a few more dull moments than this one, although there were some great uses of sarcastic humour this series and there were some great storylines/characters.
Bill does have some good companion qualities like empathy and enthusiasm but there's a few things she doesn't have, or at least as much as others did have in the past. I think one of them is not influencing the Doctor as much as previous companions, but that's probably just because she's not as confrontational. Nardole did seem to get too much after a while and his quirky character didn't really fit as a regular in the series I thought. He's great when he was less occuring and didn't feel like "forcing" humour into the show.