Let's Kill Hitler

Knowing Steven Moffat likes to play Doctor Who stories in ways that you can't even talk about it to another person unless they've seen it, I was hoping Let's Kill Hitler will allow me some stuff for me to write about in this blog. Unfortunately no.

I can say that it is much better than A Good Man Goes To War with yet another twist and more confusions. A new character is suddenly in the program from the start, a robot policeman and robotic jellyfish and it is also hilarious. Two sentences, that is all I can say without ruining the episode. But you will not be dissapointed.

As the episode finished, we were treated to an exclusive trailer which most scenes are not shown in the adverts found on the BBC nor the internet in general but I can say someones back! As I shake my head in confusion and trying to peice things together, Karen Gillian, Steven Moffat and Arthur Darvill attends the stage straight from the cinema chairs of the BFI Southbank venue for a bit of Q&A. I even shook a little in excitement but unfortunately, a journalist right in front of me, from The Sun starts waving her hands about to ask some spoiler questions. She managed a question but refused to let go off the microphone to ask more when she was allowed one, very typical for someone from The Sun.

Cheekily, someone asked Moffat about his tendency to lie (considering what we had just seen on the silver screen) constistently, he replies "I lie, it's the best form of communication".  However, my favourite question of the night was "When is the Rory action figure coming out?" which was met by a scatter of applaud. Right now, I am dying to watch Let's Kill Hitler again, no doubt most people will watch it twice once it's aired.

9/10

The Seeds Of Doom

Right at the beginning (with some not very convincing snow effect), it is set in the Arctic. You wouldn't be blamed for thinking you're watching a low-budget remake of "The Thing". Two men who work at a nearby lab station finds a pod and brings it back inside. Quickly the scientists moan and argue what to do with this strange one-of-a-kind object. Soon enough it feels like "The Thing" again as the pod hatches and takes over Keeler (a scientist body). Meanwhile a crazy and rich botanist named Chase hears of this pod and orders two of his best men (one of which you'd recognise as Boycie from Only Fools and Horses) to find another one. The Doctor however is talking to a guy in the government, also hearing of this pod.

All this takes an entire episode and could easily be put into less than ten minutes. However it does pick up pace onto the second. Keeler is infected and controlled by whatever came out of the pod which gives another classic horror association (Day of the Triffids, The Bodysnatchers) which are also associated with plants. But the story takes a turn away from the pod and focuses onto the characters behaviours. Especially once Chase's men arrives at the lab station in the Arctic, the story tells of greed, untrust and insecurity between the good men and the bad. Doctor also arrives in the Arctic to find a second pod (as they travel in pairs apparently) and simply a fight break out. After survival, they simpy return to Chase's mansion. There is much to describe here as the story does stretch on a bit.

Anything else to say is difficult to describe as it would spoil the story. There is a "heavy moral" though, why is it so acceptable for animals to eat plants but not the other way round? What I really wanted Doctor to say "Not on this planet bitch" but hey-ho. There are some impressive graphics that still looks a bit convincing today, Sladen is wonderful as ever, the extras are awful but amusing and seeing Boycie is also a delight. However the story is simply too long, this can easily be re-filmed today into a 45minute slot and would do it justice too.

6/10