![]() Then, (because that wasn't quite enough ridiculousness) the Giant Moon Moth breaks out of its egg, stretches its wings, and somehow manages to lay a new egg exactly the same size as the one it just hatched from (again, physics be darned!) in exactly the same spot. Clara basically just played the classic, frustrating, annoying friend game of: "Do you think I should do X?" "No, I think that's a horrible idea." "Ok, I'm gonna do it anyway." Nice job, Clara, everyone knows that's a jerk move. Only when the rest of the planet (supposedly) collectively says "kill that thing with extreme prejudice" does Clara suddenly decide that she does want to make a decision, and it's the exact opposite of what everyone said they wanted. They hatch a ridiculous plan to let the citizens of Earth decide for them by turning their lights on or off (ignoring the fact that one cannot see the entire surface of the Earth from the moon in 45 minutes). Now, obviously, he stuck around to see how this all turned out, but that is irrelevant to the three people he just left to die. I get that this was supposed to be a horrible choice, and The Doctor was trying to make a point by leaving, but really? The Doctor decides that he is going to force Clara to make an impossible decision with little explanation other than to tell her to "take the stabilizers off your bike" and then literally leave her, a student he's gone out of his way to belittle, and a scientist they just met to decide the fate of his pet planet (oh, and their decision will probably result in their deaths). "Courtney, we're going to assume that everyone else on Earth agrees with what that part of the planet thinks because logic has no home here." The moment The Doctor essentially told Clara "I'm out" and her reaction was to decide that the only decision she was willing to make was to not make a decision, I was done. In my opinion, the last 15 minutes killed this episode. ![]() Look, I could fill up this entire article just discussing all the science/math/physics liberties the writers took in this episode, but let's instead discuss the issues that had me going from being entertained to literally yelling and throwing my arms up in the air in disgust (seriously, that happened). The moment, however, that I stop being entertained, my willingness to let things slide flies out the window faster than air being sucked through a vacuum. See? There is an alarming amount of disbelief I am willing to suspend to be entertained. What? I don't look like a unicellular organism to you? Poppycock! Again, their taking a lot of liberties with the science here, but it gives the episode a scary monster and lets them use those sweet web props. No clue how to explain giant spiders on the moon? Easy, just say that they're not really spiders they're actually giant space germs. That's taking a lot of liberties with the math, but I can live with it, and now the production crew has a tidy excuse for not using an obscene amount of wire work to simulate actual lunar gravity. It really felt like we were getting a taste of that kind of clever-yet-silly writing in 'Kill the Moon': If the moon is an egg, then the gravity on the moon will slowly increase as the creature grows and its density increases. It has honestly been a big part of the show's charm. The writers have always had to come up with quick, over-simplified explanations for complicated issues to make a fanciful story work and/or cover up their lack of a robust SFX budget. ![]() Doctor Who has always been a pretty campy, little show with wild stories and a cheap budget. The funny thing about this episode is that I was really enjoying it right up until I wasn't. This week we learned that the moon is actually an egg for what appeared to be the Great Moon Moth from the 1967 movie, Doctor Dolittle, and that if it looks like a spider, acts like a spider, and spins webs like a spider, it's actually just bacteria. As always, DO NOT READ unless you're caught up on Series 8 of Doctor Who! As River would say: *spoilers*
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