Empire of Death notes
Sutekh’s dust of death
Convenient that it takes out everybody but the Doctor and
Ruby
Why did I think that Harriet had died?
So how many operatives does Sutekh have?
I like that Morris’ segue has guns
They’re doing a nice job of re-establishing the multiple
threats
Ibrahim: The bullets
turn to dust, ma’am
Kate: Oh, one day.
I’m not moved by the death of the Vlinx
Kate: I have to
believe that birds will sing again.
There will be birds.
OK, that’s why they had to separate Doctor and Mel at the TV
studio, Ruby over at the time window and Carla escorted out. They’re spacing out the drama kills
We already know they have to do a reset button. They can’t pretend otherwise
Love that Mel has a scooter.
All the chaos CGI is really well done
Mrs. Flood: Do you believe in the power of prayer?
Cherry: I most certainly do.
Mrs. Flood: The tell your maker I will come to storm down
his gates of gold and seize his kingdom in my true name.
Does Mrs. Flood really believe that this is the end for real
as she and Cherry die?
It’s actually kind of sweet that she holds Cherry as they
dissolve
*** I had such plans
They’re still really building up that they don’t know why
they can’t see Ruby’s mother
And the remembered T ARDIS in the Time Window is a memory TARDIS
a la Tales of the TARDIS, but that only really tracks if you’ve seen that
series
I mean.. they’re sort of explaining it, but it still only really
works if you’ve seen TOTT
So Sutekh can pilot the TARDIS from the outside? Ok, I guess.
Is Sutekh really the greatest monster he’s ever fought?
Nice clip of Lis Sladen
Brief recap of Pyramids of Mars for the uninitiated
See, they DID mean for that to be Sutehk’s death at the
time.
Are they confirming that Sutekh grabbed onto the TARDIS at
that time, or did he grab it at some unspecified point? I think the latter
OK, that totally justifies the change in the lore to who
Sutekh is. That actually makes total sense.
Nice little visual of Sutekh turning the TARDIS around so
that the entry is blockedby his belly
Sutekh is one of those ‘take a moment to explain everything’
baddies
Here’s confirmation of what Susan Triad is
He was there for Mindwarp, Paradise Towers, City of Death,
the TV movie. One I don’t recognize, I think that’s Daleks in Manhattan, A town
called Mercy.
OK, so every single Susan Triad is a separate new creation
kind of mentally linked. How many of
them must there be
And every one is now spitting out death sand on all those
different worlds
The Doctor: And why…
am I still alive?
Very good question.
Why ISN’T Sutekh killing him
Doubt makes you feel alive
Awww, Mel seeing the 6th Doctor’s coat!
Ruby: Wait, does this
thing work? Can it fly?
The Doctor: No idea.
And there’s the death dust destroying the entire world
Drawer full of sonic screwdrivers
Fun use of old show props.
Good thing there’s a remembered fire extinguisher
Still, fun usage of the TOTT set
Setting up the intelligent rope matching the intelligent
glove. We’ll be using those again later
in the episode, clearly
Ah, OK, this TARDIS only exists as long as the time window
isn’t shut down, and the Doctor stole a bit from the time window to keep them
from doing that. While the screen works,
the remembered TARDIS stays together.
Every landing the TARDIS would throw out a perception filter
of 66.6666 meters – 73 yards. Somehow Ruby
got mixed up in that and that’s what that whole episode was about. OK.
The Doctor: Funny
things happen at 73 yards
The perception field made every Susan Triad real and fitting
into the environment. But there’s only
one on Earth, because with every new landing she would be reborn stronger. Which is why the 2024 Susan Triad was so
powerful
Every single planet from every story has a Susan Triad
destroying it right now
Wait, now he’s saying the earth is dying in multiple timezones
The Doctor: Every
world that I ever stood upon. All dead.
Mel’s not wrong.
There has to be plenty of places he hasn’t been.
They’re glossing that over
The Doctor: I did this.
Ruby: You did not.
Man, Ncuti can emote
Sutekh has won and is bored.
One thing keeps living despite him.
Ah, he’s obsessed with knowing the answer to who Ruby’s mom is. He’s fanboying.
The Doctor and co are roaming around the ravaged carcasses
of the destroyed worlds
It’s nice that she’s willing to share her Chaffee
So there are some small remnants of various civilizations
Baby Brindle Dee
All the names are being forgotten. Actual facts are dying in the death wave
They had an opera house
Why does the Doctor need metal
This character is just named ‘Kind Woman’
I like the way she smiles when she remembers her husband was
tall
Is the spoon a Sylvester McCoy reference?
The Doctor: I might
save the universe with this spoon
Kind Woman: That would be nice.
Awww. The baby is
really dead and she forgot. That’s
tragic
The Death Wave travels down the family man. Who is this man that told her all these
interesting facts? Is that going to be relevant?
The death wave effect is done well
Oh, ok, everything else in here is just a sustained memory. They needed a bit of metal because it’s real
to hold things together. That could have
been explained better
Ruby: I never really
understood. What was all that Egyptian stuff?
The Doctor: Cultural appropriation
The memory window screen is responding to Ruby’s question
Mel’s losing memories.
Significant
Sutekh’s obsessed with figuring out who Ruby’s mother
is? That’s sketchy
Nice subtle skull effect on Mel
Roger ap Gwilliam – making everyone take DNA testing. But wouldn’t Sutekh know that?
Mel is curiously interested in the question of Ruby’s mother
Random Whistle. That’ll
come in handy
When did the Doctor land in 2046? Did we just not see that adventure? Makes sense that that would cause 2046 to be
a closed off shell space
Nice creepy big empty hall
OK, it was in an unseen adventure. OK.
That looks a LOT like the oval office
This means Ruby didn’t achieve anything in 73 yards
regarding overthrowing Roger ap Gwilliam.
Just a divergent time pocket
You can see the Doctor noticing that Mel has changed
2004 snow and carol of the bells bleeding through
It’s nice that after all these years they’re giving Bonnie
Langford good stuff to work with
Dead Sutekh Mel is very creepy
So Ruby’s mom is only important because Sutekh’s obsessed
with finding out what the mystery is all about.
Very fanboy
We still believe that the name is significant at this point
Ruby: Maybe this is
for you… You great big God of nothing.
There’s no real reason for a whistle to do this to the TARDIS. I mean, it just about works, but there’s no
logic to it.
Fun image of them dragging Sutekh through the vortex
So he’s forced to bring death to death, ie making everything
alive and undone. That’s not terrible as
reset buttons go
Aw, they remember time window guy. And Carla, Cherry and Mrs. Flood
Mrs. Flood seems to be sharing a genuine moment of joy with
Cherry, so she can’t be a total sociopath
SO much fan service in the names of planets being returned
to life
And now The Doctor has to become a monster. By killing Sutekh. Justified, but still hardcore
Sutekh wins in a way because he’s forced The Doctor to commit
murder
Nice that Susan Triad gets to still be who she is
UNIT hires all the side characters, don’t they
I just don’t care about the Vlinx
Louise Alison Miller.
A completely ordinary person. She’s
a nurse. And did the right thing giving Ruby
up for adoption. Why couldn’t Davina
find her I wonder?
I love that her mom is just an ordinary person. She mattered because she mattered to Ruby and
the Doctor. No other reason.
She wasn’t really naming Ruby if no one was there to see it,
was she?
They should have left it there. Ruby should leave her alone.
Louise is putting this all together very quickly
They’re dragging out this ending way too long. Was this a late addition?
Cherry: There is no
hatred in this house, darling.
I don’t like that they’re calling Louise her real mum
This is a nice goodbye scene.
They keep bringing up Susan
Mrs. Flood continues to break the fourth wall. And now the Doctor’s story ends in absolute
terror.
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