It also didn't even try to have a plot that made sense, which would be more forgivable if it didn't try to shove forward into a big melodramatic climax that I guess was supposed to give us lots of feelings, but it felt cheap and not earned at all and I was still too busy trying to figure out basic elements of the plot and what things were even supposed to mean. Most of which were never made clear at all.
a_phoenixdragon linked to your review, which I have to say I liked a lot and mirrors my reaction really well. I loved most of the setup of the episode, but the last 10 minutes or so just lost me. The music was wonderful, but I would have liked to see it attached to a better script. Part of the problem for me was that the mummy and the weird robot henchmen were more scary than the Big Bad itself, which was a rather silly CGI effect. Eleven's big emo moment (how many of them has he had now?) fell kind of flat.
LOL about your notes on the music. I love most of the season five soundtrack and some of the season six as well, but until this episode I couldn't honestly remember one memorable piece of music since "The Wedding of River Song."
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a_phoenixdragon linked to your review, which I have to say I liked a lot and mirrors my reaction really well. I loved most of the setup of the episode, but the last 10 minutes or so just lost me. The music was wonderful, but I would have liked to see it attached to a better script. Part of the problem for me was that the mummy and the weird robot henchmen were more scary than the Big Bad itself, which was a rather silly CGI effect. Eleven's big emo moment (how many of them has he had now?) fell kind of flat.
LOL about your notes on the music. I love most of the season five soundtrack and some of the season six as well, but until this episode I couldn't honestly remember one memorable piece of music since "The Wedding of River Song."