So I took me a while to write my review of Journey to the Center
of the TA.R.D.I.S.. Why? I generally
take a couple of views to get all the references to Classic Who and pick up
subtleties I might otherwise have missed.
However, the BBC did my work for me.
I really don’t write reviews of the actual episode so I’m kind of at a
loss for what to write about. One thing
that sticks out is the interior of the TA.R.D.I.S.. I wasn’t actually impressed with the swimming
pool. Sorry, it was nice but I would
have like spas or fountains or flying fish and more than just a passing glimpse. The Library, now that was cool. I could spend my life in the library. The Encyclopedia Galifrey being bottled was
cool, although J.K. Rowling might want some copyright money. The Time war book seems to have caused a lot
of tongue wagging on the internet. I don’t
know why, it speaks to the entropy in the universe. No knowledge is ever lost. My personal theory is that the Doctor swiped
it from The Library (The planet, not his).
If Clara learned the Doctor’s name, the knowledge is out there now to be
learned, she won’t “forget it” now. The
brothers that ran the salvage yard remembered some things and Clara is plucky,
bright, and determined, otherwise she wouldn’t be a companion. What was infinitely more interesting was
Clara’s reaction to “apparently” learning the Doctor’s name. (We don’t know that’s what she read, it could
have be a line explain the T.A.R.D.I.S. in a simple way or something) Clara
implied that the information that she read was something she ALREADY knew! At least that’s the way I interpreted it. I felt that there was too much crammed into
the story. I’ve been watching “Classic”
Who and this story would have done well as a 4 or 6 part serial with the
secondary story of the brothers expanded and more exploration of the
T.A.R.D.I.S.. So all in all a meh
episode. It served to move the plot
forward, sort of, except where it didn’t because of the wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey
stuff. Clara learned who the Doctor was,
maybe, except she didn’t because she doesn’t remember. Only two things really happened. One the Doctor asked Clara what she was and
she said “Clara” and didn’t know about the other three versions of
herself. Two, the salvage brothers were
nicer to each other. Let’s see what
happens next week when Dame Diane Rigg joins us for The Crimson Horror!
N.B. Clara said." So that's Who.." And Also the Key to the T.A.R.D.I.S. say Smiths has to be important or they wouldn't have shown it.
N.B. Clara said." So that's Who.." And Also the Key to the T.A.R.D.I.S. say Smiths has to be important or they wouldn't have shown it.
