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| Topic | Scarlet Ranks User-Nominated Episodes of Television: Season 2 |
| scarletspeed7 10/19/19 6:25:15 PM #202: | Doctor Who - "Midnight" Nominated by: Inviso Was I alone in not expecting too much of this episode? Stuck in the valley between a Steven Moffatt two-parter and the big season-ending episodes, the Russell Davies-scripted episode had the appearance of a placeholder. It's even about the Doctor and Donna enjoying a bit of vacation time. What could be slighter? And yet, I don't think this season has produced a better episode than Midnight. I certainly can't think of a tenser one. I don't want to use comparisons to shows I haven't rated to describe this list, but allow me just one. Midnight does for Davies' Doctor Who what The City On The Edge Of Forever did for Star Trek. It's similarly tragic, but beyond that places our hero in a situation where he does everything right and still founds himself overwhelmed by forces he can't control. He's no less heroic for it, but we now know he has limits. Two hearts and all, the ordeal makes him seem all the more human. Writing: 10/10 Characterization: 6/10 Scarlet Factor: 10/10 Overall Rating: 26/30 --- "It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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