Re: Doctor Who S15 - Ep 3: The Well

On 27.04.25, Blueshirt  <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

Dr Crybaby hit again, sigh.

After referencing "Blink" last week, we get a sequel to
"Midnight" this week... with a touch of "The Satan Pit" and some
"Turn Left" vibes thrown in too. - A bit like RTD's Greatest
Hits!

I kept expecting something related to devil creature, until they brought 
up Midnight.

Oh, and a brief David Tennant cameo too, which the cynical might
think was there to help remind the faithful that he is actually
the real Doctor... or that he might even be coming back.
(Depending on what online rumour you choose to believe!)

Hah.

Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it up, or just 
hopes and speculations?

"The Well" was a strong episode, with an atmospheric build up, a
monster we never actually see and an ending that could leave
another sequel open. (Step forward Big Finish.) Season 2 is
definitely starting a lot stronger than Season 1 did anyway.
"The Well" was a tension filled episode and it was another good
advert for Ncuti's 15th Doctor.

Hm, it was ok.

Some nits: Earth is gone, and nobody has heard of it or the
human race... but "Lux" was set on Earth, as is next week's
episode ("Lucky Day")... so it can't have gone far!

Well, this episode was 400k years in the future, no wonder no one knows 
a planet that was last seen as rubble, on the date the Doctor tries to 
get to.

Why did no one ask the people where they came from though. What were 
they supposed to be?

The Doctor and Belinda can't reach Earth on May 24th 2025, but why
can't they go back to January/February/March 2025 and just wait
[in a hotel playing games] for May to come around? I mean, the Doctor
waited a whole year in the Christmas episode!

Some crossing your own timeline mumbojumbo, which is only allowed on 
special occasions (and for cheap tricks). ;P

I was thinking, why don't they go to 1 day before that date, too, 
though.

Having the correct uniform and space boots conveniently in the TARDIS
to change into stood out as well, as did the two spare helmets and
none of the squad of soldiers minding two complete strangers joining
in with them on their 'drop' to the planet.

Good point.

And I certainly wouldn't take the helmet off, never mind the body armour 
stuff, or whatever that was.

Though I guess with the lights highlighting the face, it'd be hard to 
see anything much with that on. :P

Mrs Flood is this season's Susan Twist, turning up wherever the
Doctor is each week... lucky Doctor, he doesn't just get one
female stalker, he gets two! Although it is getting a bit
tiresome at this stage, we all know we are going to be
underwhelmed come the resolution to the mystery of her
character...

Sigh, yeah. And it's probably not going to make any sense at all.

Overall I'd go with a 7/10 for "The Well"... I thought it was as
good as last week's episode in some ways, better in others, but
different in tone and much more like "Doctor Who" should be.

6/10. I didn't much like Midnight either. I guess I just don't much like 
monsters you can't see (or can't see move, in the case of "Blink").

And I don't like the solution of nice person jumping into "the well".

Plus some idiot taking command and messing everything up so a bunch of 
crew got killed.

And Dr Crybaby hit again.

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Mickmane