![]() She asked the Doctor later why he saved her from the wrath of the Silurians. ![]() In the past it has been the Doctor’s assistants stepping up to save the day, but here, Ambrose blew it all. It was a twist that confirmed one of the overarching themes of the revived DOCTOR WHO series: ordinary humans can make a difference. So the story pivoted on Ambrose, a lone woman who was so much less than the best of humanity. Ambrose revealed that Tony had set a timer to restart the drill, and so there was no turning back. And that mistake killed the peace initiative, as Restac revived more of the warrior class and took control. Ambrose had panicked and used a taser on the Silurian, killing her. In exchange for living space, the Eocenes offered “knowledge and technology beyond humanity’s dreams” involving energy and water production.īut then Rory, Ambrose and Tony arrived, with the corpse of Alaya in tow. (Hmmm, how would the Dalek invasion of 2150 play out with Silurian weapons available to the locals?) The Doctor told Nasreen: “Be extraordinary.” And she basically was. If they succeeded, “history” as the Doctor knew it would have been completely changed. “The future pivots around you, here, now.” That was no light statement the Doctor has traveled the length and breadth of human history, and at no point is/was the planet shared with Homo reptilia, so the Doctor was placing a lot in Amy and Nasreen’s hands. Instead, they were poised at “a temporal tipping point,” and whatever happened would create its own timeline, its own reality. ![]() A bit.” Then he explained the concept of “fixed points in time” – and pointed out that, unlike, say his recent problem on Mars, this situation was not one of those. The Doctor recognized the unique opportunity presented by the negotiations, and explained to everybody, “Amy and I travel in time. “C’mon, who has more fun than us?” he chortled. The Doctor designated two human ambassadors to enter the talks: “Amy Pond and Nasreen Chaudhry talking for the planet? Humanity couldn’t have better ambassadors,” he cheered. He has a much more level head, and was willing to negotiate for shared control of the planet. Luckily, Malokeh awoke Eldane, the leader of the Silurians, to intervene. Restac was just as blood-thirsty as any…er, “cold-blooded” human villain, and ordered the Doctor and the other “apes” executed. ![]() The military struggling with the science branch for control of the humans reminded me a lot of Planet of the Apes, with Dr. Restac (since she was Alaya’s sister, actress Neve McIntosh essayed both roles). But of course clever Amy was perfectly capable of rescuing herself, while the Doctor was perfectly capable of getting himself captured! In the science bay, the Doctor met the deceptively sympathetic Dr. The story picked up with the Doctor ( Matt Smith) and Nasreen ( Meera Syal) entering the Silurian city to rescue the captive Amy ( Karen Gillan), Mo and Elliot. After last week’s somewhat less-than-thrilling part one ( “The Hungry Earth” felt underpopulated and underwritten), this week’s second part of the story, “Cold Blood,” delivered a cracking good DOCTOR WHO yarn, full of thrills, adventure, history, hopes dashed and (especially) heartbreak. ![]()
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