Doctor Who, S9 Ep4

Doctor Who, S9 Ep4

Hi everybody, Mary here.

So, here's the review for the fourth episode in the ninth series of Doctor Who. Without any further ado, let's get started, shall we ?

Before The Flood

So, here are the three words I've picked for this episode :

- Bootstrap paradox : In this episode, when the Doctor learns that he's already dead (and his ghost is wandering around the base), he decides to go back in time to alter his timeline and save himself from dying, to save Clara. He's determined to change the events and in an attempt to do so, But what he doesn't know (yet) is that he's created a bootstrap paradox : it's an endless loop of the Doctor realising the ghost with the message, then he goes back in time to alter the message, to see the message again, to deliver the message, to alter it again, and so on. Like Beethoven : who had the idea to compose the fifth symphony ? Because the Doctor had the sheets, but realised Beethoven didn't exist, so he replasec him, and then, he created the symphony by replacing Beethoven, so in the future he can appreciate the music, and go back again and re-do Beethoven. But really, when and how did he have these ideas in the first place ? We will never know.

- Cheating : Also in the episode, features a Death-like creature that likes cheating about life and death. And since it's cheating, the Doctor decides to... well, cheat as well. Like, he kept saying thzt he can't change the timeline in the beginning of the episode, but in the end, he does it anyway, to save Clara, and he explains that the names after the last lady who died were "random" so that the messages still scares the Doctor when he's alive to give him the final push to change the future. So, really, he had been planning this cheating all along, since it's the paradox that saved his life and Clara's and all the others' life, in the end.

- Saving Clara : Last but not least, I really liked the speech given by this man (sorry, don't remember the name) saying that the Doctor didn't care about others dying to "prove his therory", but that when it comes to Clara, he would do anything to save her life (like in the two first episodes of this series, am I right ?). And when I think about it, I'm thinking : but what will actually happen when she leaves the TARDIS (since Jenna Coleman has said she's left the place already) ? And who will replace someone as important for the Doctor as Clara ? We'll see...

Overall impression : Quite an emotional episode, Cass smooching her translator and them being happy and in love vs the guy who lost his chance to confess his love to this girl is quite heart-breaking. Anyways, great episode.

Anyways, that's it for today ! I really hope that you enjoyed this post and I'll see you very soon with another one !

And as usual, our last word : KIDNEYS !