Doctor Who 2 Series 13 Episode 5 - 6
Survivors Of The Flux November 28 2021 Written by Chris Chibnall and directed by Azhur Saleem.
The Doctor gets turned into a Weeping Angel for a while then she meets the woman, Tecteun, who experimented on her when she was the timeless child. The Doctor has no memory of Tecteun's experiments and subsequent use of her genes to create the race of Time Lords. Those memories were erased and stored in a Time Lord watch. Tecteun created and runs the Division and that Ood helps her. Tecteun created the Flux to kill the Doctor for being such a nuisance, one who interferes with her experiments. When Swarm shows up he will put an end to Tecteun in a most satisfying way. She is a monster.
Yaz, Dan and Jericho are lost in 1904 trying to figure out when the world will end. Kate Stewart confronts the head of UNIT with his being a traitor and he opens the Earth defense to let the Sontarians take over.
The Vanquishers December 5 2021 Written by Chris Chibnall and directed by Azhur Saleem.
The Doctor gets split into three bodies in three timelines. She brings the various groups together and they battle the Sontarians. The Sontarians wipe out the Lupari and then lure the Daleks and the Cybermen into a location where the Flux devastates their fleets. The Daleks and Cybermen have been wiped out so often and returned it seems a bit pointless.
The Sontarians get consumed by the Flux and the Flux is consumed by one of the Passengers. Time destroys Swarm and Azure and the Doctor maroons the head of UNIT on a small asteroid. They should have popped him into the sun. He's a real bastard. Most of the problems are wrapped up. The Doctor, Yaz and Dan head off for the next adventure.
There's a handful of making of shorts as extras. There's just the three specials to go and I'll be done with the series until the David Tennant specials air. I think I'll watch Torchwood next.
I don't have the physical media release but I watched the whole thing on PBS. I thought it was all right and I was entertained. I didn't think it was the best Dr. Who series but it was fun for me and had some interesting scenes.
Posted by: Gary Mattingly | October 02, 2023 at 03:05 PM