What a pile of....
I'm sorry but out of all the villains they could have chosen, they chose the Master...AGAIN! I was hoping...damn, I was mouthing the word Rani at the television screen...heck, even Romana would have been better.
It's a complete lack of imagination on Moffats behalf, not to mention gaping plot holes...the Master was not 'abandoned', he sacrificed himself to drive Rassilion and the rest of the Time lords back into the time locked Gallifrey...so if this 'Missi' is the Master, then where is Rassilion and the rest of the Time lord high council? :dead:
It doesn't make any sense!! And I mean it's not as if this is old Who we're talking about here...the Master was last seen just three seasons ago, just four years ago.

That aside, it was still a poor episode, there was un-necessary spooking created around an unknown subject, death...and cremation in particular. How many children are going to be upset that Grandad Fred was cremated?
Furthermore, Dannys death...he might as well just fallen over his bicycle, it served no purpose other than to get the Doctor and Clara to the Nethersphere, whatever the heck that is.
I actually, physically facepalmed several times...most heavily when Missi revealed her true title.

Moffat, really...he really needs to go. Bring back Russell T Davies!

So the robots remember that they ahve a nice raw material for new ones, in the dead... Oberon is right, Rani or even Romana would be a better villain!

I thought Danny's death was good. After all the exterminations, deletions, beatings, asphyxiations and skull-crackings, it's actually a bit of a relief to see someone die in a more mundane way. And it's better than Sylvester McCoy in a Colin Baker wig falling off a bike any day. I'm not sure what to think of Clara's betrayal though; it seems very much out of character, but then again, her boyfriend just died, so it's a bit more understandable.

The Nethersphere looked great, and I liked the explanation of it being a part of the Matrix. The scenes in it were also pretty unsettling, especially at the end when Danny is given the option to become a Cyberman. Speaking of Danny, I thought the flashback to his 'bad day' in Afghanistan was well done. Back to the Nethersphere though, I hope the mechanics of how the dead work in this story are more fleshed out in part 2. So far, while it's a frightening idea, we haven't gotten much of an explanation of how it works.


The Cybermen have been good so far. I like the idea of them manipulating people to be voluntarily converted. It would have been good if there had been corpses making up the Cyberman army, though, not just skeletons.


And as for Missy... gender-bending aside, Gomez makes a great Master. She's crazy, intelligent, homicidal, and witty, all the things that make a good Master.


What do I think of the Master being a Woman? Well, Michelle Gomez is certainly helping me accept the change. I guess I don't really have a problem with a Female Master. I mean, she's still a homicidal maniac with a PhD. As long as the Master is like that, I don't care what genitals they have.

Don't cremate me