Pearl Mackie was robbed. I thought Bill was fantastic. Did she only get one season because Jemma Coleman stayed on for an extra one, after her logical departure point (boo)?
I think Capaldi's second companion probably would have got two seasons if Jenna left earlier, but it wouldn't necessarily have been Bill, as they'd have been casting at a different point
Something I wondered this time: do you think Missy's "but thanks for trying" is ADR (i.e. added in post)?
You conspicuously don't see Michelle Gomez say it, and it feels like it is there to slightly soften their final interaction and/or better lead in to her apparent hero-turn in her next scene than the scene as filmed would have.
‘Capaldi quotes Hartnell as he seems to die. Actually, later on he quotes Smith, too. Does he quote any of the others?’
‘Also, when the Doctor wakes up he shouts “Sontarans perverting the course of human history!”’
- is a quote from Robot.
Pearl Mackie was robbed. I thought Bill was fantastic. Did she only get one season because Jemma Coleman stayed on for an extra one, after her logical departure point (boo)?
I think Capaldi's second companion probably would have got two seasons if Jenna left earlier, but it wouldn't necessarily have been Bill, as they'd have been casting at a different point
Just rewatched THAT speech.
Something I wondered this time: do you think Missy's "but thanks for trying" is ADR (i.e. added in post)?
You conspicuously don't see Michelle Gomez say it, and it feels like it is there to slightly soften their final interaction and/or better lead in to her apparent hero-turn in her next scene than the scene as filmed would have.
Excellent review, Jonn. I really enjoyed this, and the episode itself. Not least for THAT monologue