This, the first of a two part season finale, sees The Doctor and Ruby going to UNIT HQ. Here they hope to identify the woman The Doctor has seen in different guises everywhere he travelled with Ruby; they also hope to find the identity of Ruby's birth-mother. The Doctor learns that the woman is here too; she is Susan Triad, head of S Triad Technology... she may also be somebody from The Doctor's past.
I thought this was a pretty solid episode despite the fact that it is set mostly in a single room. This means there isn't the usual running around. The story brings back old characters and references a threat not seen since 1975 in a story I admit I can't remember. Tension rises nicely as the episode progresses and there are some nicely scary, but not too scary moments. There are some weaker points; I wasn't keen on the thirteen year old child genius working at UNIT and having identities hidden by anagrams is more than a little cliché. Overall a solid enough episode; hopefully the second part will give us a good conclusion.
I thought this was a pretty solid episode despite the fact that it is set mostly in a single room. This means there isn't the usual running around. The story brings back old characters and references a threat not seen since 1975 in a story I admit I can't remember. Tension rises nicely as the episode progresses and there are some nicely scary, but not too scary moments. There are some weaker points; I wasn't keen on the thirteen year old child genius working at UNIT and having identities hidden by anagrams is more than a little cliché. Overall a solid enough episode; hopefully the second part will give us a good conclusion.
