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We just checked out the Dr Who Christmas Special on Cinermark. Before the beginning of the episode, a special was presented telling the entire saga of Peter Capaldi and Steven Moffat. And at the end, a little more about the backstage of this episode, in addition to the participation of actors Mark Gatiss and David Bradley.
It was something exciting and the spider sense didn't stop for a moment. It was chilling and left my eyes sweating.
But let's go to the Special, Twice Upon a Time!
It is without a doubt a great farewell! Every episode is a real play. Moffat managed to bring out all the grand finale that exists in the theater, looking like something very Shakespearean and the final scene of the regeneration one of the best monologues in the series.
Unlike Matt Smith for Peter Capaldi, this regeneration for Jodie Whittaker was a blast! And what an explosion!!
This is the second time in the series that we have explosive regeneration. The first was by David Tennant. And like the Tenth Doctor's, Capaldi's had the same emotional impact.
This episode led to the belief that the Original Doctor would come to help the 12th accept his regeneration. But it wasn't quite that.
This was an episode about acceptance. About change, saying goodbye and hello to what's coming.
In addition, to show that when someone decides to leave the scene, many people may suffer consequences from this act.
The Doctor is not just another piece in the cosmic puzzle. He is the piece that will always help everyone. He's kind, he's sweet, he's the friend everyone wants by their side and never needs to look for, because he's always there.
This episode highlights very well what was always Doctor Who and who ended up getting lost in many adventures in time and space, with darker episodes, a more vengeful Doctor and always losing the people by his side and becoming depressed.
We get used to a Doctor with a companion or companion by his side, but at some point he will lose him. Well, Twice Upon a Time reminds us that The Doctor is beyond all that!
Bradley's portrayal of the First Doctor is fantastic! He brings a little of the classic interpretation, but puts in a lot of himself. Your vision is formidable. Highlighting a more sexist era, Bradley makes the jokes about the place of women in a direct and refined way. He is not sexist, he just lives in a time where women were the second plan and the weaker sex. And a great partnership with answers coming from Bill, where she throws the bomb and waits for the Doctor's reaction to say that he "also knows how to deal with the fairer sex".
There are still other jokes about her speaking in a very thick and profanity way and the First Doctor saying he's going to slap her ass. She has fun taking it to the other, more masochistic side, looking at the 12th Doctor saying she never knew this side of him.
A good mood, with drama, with adventure and cameos.
In addition to the homage to the first Doctor, the series also closes the cycle of characters and some mistakes made by Moffat, such as forgetting Clara.
It brings references to other futures (past for us), of companions who will come to participate in the Doctor's adventures.
It is without a doubt one of the best Christmas Specials in the series. And it's among the two best Doctor Who Regenerations.
The closing, with the arrival of the new Doctor, was beautiful and at the same time leaves a big doubt in the air: what the hell happened?
Did the TARDIS save her because she had a problem like in the 10th to 11th Doctor Regeneration? And why did she open the doors and shoot out?
Or like many critics who didn't accept this change, the TARDIS doesn't accept it either and… explodes?
We won't know until 2018! And until then, a lot will happen behind the scenes with rumors and rumors.
It remains to wait and wait for this new Doctor Who Universe that is coming!
And may the curtains never close! To the next!
highlights
- For the construction of the classic TARDIS. Many of the elements that are in there are true to the series. Others were built like the Time Clock.
- The classic scene of the fight against the Cyberman was very studied so that it would be equal to the book and the series.
- The Christmas Armistice, or Christmas Truce, really existed. It took place along the Western Front at Christmas 1914, during World War I. During the week before Christmas, German and British soldiers exchanged festive greetings and songs among their trenches; on occasion, the tension was reduced to the point of individuals handing gifts to their enemies. On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, many soldiers from both sides – as well as French units, albeit outnumbered – ventured into “no man’s land”, where they met, exchanged food and gifts, and sang Christmas carols. over several meetings. Troops on both sides were also friendly enough to play soccer matches.
- Peter Capaldi shortly after filming his regeneration got Sonic as a gift. At the time of receiving, he joked that the box contained his ashes. And not to be more emotional, he cried with the team's tributes.
- There are several jokes throughout the episode about the size of the TARDIS. But the best ones are backstage with actors trying to take selfies in the classic TARDIS to show how tight it is.
- Steven Moffat may be criticized by many fans, but he is the one who wrote the best episodes of the series like The Empty Child, The Girl in the Fireplace, Blink, Silence in the Library, among others, in addition to having won awards for his screenplays. and also having created classic characters like the Angels and River Song.
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