Ass-shots, vent farts and a fire-breathing ethicist.
A few Ood short of The Satan Pit
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Chris Chibnall, soon to be taking over as showrunner for Doctor Who, penned this Satan Pit-esque story about the perhaps freelance crew that may be fuel pirates who have, possibly illegally, just harvested “sun” and are now (a) uncontrollably plummeting towards it – perhaps due to sabotage, possibly just because of gravity – and (b) turning into sun zombies and incinerating each other, mayhap as revenge.
In any event, this episode reeks of The Impossible Planet & The Satan Pit. In fact, remove the Ood, replace the devil that possesses crew members with a demonic sun that (perhaps) infects them, and you’ve got a pretty decent facsimile. We weren’t tremendously fond of the original to begin with, though, so guess what we thought of this one… ;-)
- Did Martha Jones finally pull her weight in this one?
- Was she right about The Tenth Doctor being an unnecessary addition to this episode?
- How do you choose when you call someone through space-time?
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