It is incredibly telling that the commentary track for this episode (with Chibnall, Whittaker, and Sylvie Briggs who plays Ada) goes silent for *11 minutes* while the “handing the Master over to the Nazis” sequence occurs (and a bit of other stuff at either end). That is not remotely normal. I can only think that it was seriously edited on the orders of someone higher up. Which is quite something given that the same commentary track features Chibnall’s thoughts on the Master dressing up as a Nazi, him pondering to himself whether it was okay to have the Doctor kneel in front of the Master, discussion of filming Noor’s execution at Dachau as Adam refers to above, and his defence of the non consensual mindwipes at the end as being about respecting Ada and Noor’s agency?!?
It is incredibly telling that the commentary track for this episode (with Chibnall, Whittaker, and Sylvie Briggs who plays Ada) goes silent for *11 minutes* while the “handing the Master over to the Nazis” sequence occurs (and a bit of other stuff at either end). That is not remotely normal. I can only think that it was seriously edited on the orders of someone higher up. Which is quite something given that the same commentary track features Chibnall’s thoughts on the Master dressing up as a Nazi, him pondering to himself whether it was okay to have the Doctor kneel in front of the Master, discussion of filming Noor’s execution at Dachau as Adam refers to above, and his defence of the non consensual mindwipes at the end as being about respecting Ada and Noor’s agency?!?
The fact that they actually shoot a scene of Khan’s execution stuns me.