Ouch. Bit of a stinker this week I'm afraid. The trailer suggested that the Doctor had a secret past, with a Matrix style daughter hiding in the wings. Sadly this little mystery was all sewn up within the first few minutes when his 'daughter' was cloned from a single cell and born all grown up. Right. Not only that but he went from denial to attachment to love and finally loss all within 39 minutes. As if one lame plot thread wasn't enough, we had Martha playing Leia and the Ewoks with the cod people as well as Donna having no apparent reason for existence other than to reflect greatness on the rest of the cast. Thankfully Martha went home at the end, which saves this episode from getting 0/5 from me. For deaf people, this was a gorgeous episode which was lit beautifully and had some great backdrops. Sadly for the rest of us the script was confusing, patronising and simply not good enough. And if there ever should appear a 'Jenny' spin-off series I for one shall be picketing the BBC.Next week looks like War & Peace in comparison.
Must try harder.
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