I enjoyed the episode for the most part. There were a lot of entertaining moments, for example the blink communication . cool.
I have to say, though, I don't concur with some others here that the Doctor speech scene was great in some way. I thought it was naïve...
How can an invader, who has spent a lot of time planning and executing this secret plan, just give in so easy, on account of a ten minute speech! This reveals him as having no real convictions - a spineless and confused extremist. No genuine leader acts this way in real life.
Further, I found the doctor's moralizing kind of ridiculous. Firstly, evil cannot always be reasoned with. Secondly, war, though it is a terrible, awful thing, sometimes it is necessary. Or if not war, then bold, courageous action. Confrontation. A fight.
Bold, courageous confrontation can't be dismissed as if to say, everything occurs in cycles in the very long term, so there is never any point in fighting, there is no cause worth fighting for, you are all children, let's all just get along.
This is wrong. Evil must be confronted. If the Zygons truly have been wronged, then they must fight for a just outcome. If, on the other hand, they have not been wronged, and Zygella is a terrorist acting essentially in an evil way, she will not give in after an impassioned 10 minute speech, and she will have to be confronted, and stopped.
That conclusion was just bizarre to me.
I have to say, though, I don't concur with some others here that the Doctor speech scene was great in some way. I thought it was naïve...
How can an invader, who has spent a lot of time planning and executing this secret plan, just give in so easy, on account of a ten minute speech! This reveals him as having no real convictions - a spineless and confused extremist. No genuine leader acts this way in real life.
Further, I found the doctor's moralizing kind of ridiculous. Firstly, evil cannot always be reasoned with. Secondly, war, though it is a terrible, awful thing, sometimes it is necessary. Or if not war, then bold, courageous action. Confrontation. A fight.
Bold, courageous confrontation can't be dismissed as if to say, everything occurs in cycles in the very long term, so there is never any point in fighting, there is no cause worth fighting for, you are all children, let's all just get along.
This is wrong. Evil must be confronted. If the Zygons truly have been wronged, then they must fight for a just outcome. If, on the other hand, they have not been wronged, and Zygella is a terrorist acting essentially in an evil way, she will not give in after an impassioned 10 minute speech, and she will have to be confronted, and stopped.
That conclusion was just bizarre to me.