Sunday, 6 December 2015

Doctor Who Series 9 Reviews #13: The Final Concludes: Hell Bent

Hell Bent by Steven Moaffat

Hell Bent marks the final appearance of Clara Oswold, the reappearance of The General, Ashilda, Ohila, Rassalon, the Time Lords, the Barn, the Matrix, the original TARDIS Interior, the Daleks and the Weeping Angles.

This episode is generally good but there are a lot of errors in it.


  • If Gallifrey is frozen in time how did Ohila and the Sisterhood of Kahn mange to get to Gallifrey?
  • Therefore how did the Doctor and Clara leave Gallifrey.:
  • And if the Doctor was so desperate to return to Gallifrey why were they his enemies (I know about the high council were evil but not all the others)
  • If he was desperate to go to Gallifrey surely Ohila should have told him?
  • How is the barn now in view of the Citadel?
  • How did an upgraded Cyberman mange to get into the Matrix as when Gallifrey was frozen they were not in that design?
  • The TARDIS The Doctor and Clara stole was a Type 40, which presumably were no longer are in use
  • How was Ashilda still alive? She is immortal through old age but can be killed. It is very lucky she survived 100 Trillion years.
  • The Time Lord High Council Guard carry weapons that can kill a Time Lord outright so how did the General regenerate?
  • How did the General regenerate into a character with eye liner on?
  • When Clara went off in her TARDIS the Doctor's TARDIS appeared, which surely meant that it was in Clara's TARDIS. Then why didn't we see it.
  • How is Clara still Alive?
  • Why did the Doctor have to wipe her memory or his own?
  • Why on earth would the diner be the same one seen in Utah in 1969?
  • Who was the Hybrid?
A Lot of errors but is good to see Gallifrey again even if it was discarded near the end. 

Doctor Rating

Doctor Rating: 10/10

Perfect as usual 

Companion Rating

Clara Osworld: 9/10

I am annoyed that she was brought back to life.

Enemy Rating

Rassalon: 8/10
Time Lords: 7/10
Time Wraiths: 7/10
Weeping Angels: 9/10
Total: 31/40

Rassalon was good but like the Time Lords he was discarded near the end. The Weeping Angles were good but they good have been moving when Clara was seeing them.

Story Rating

Story: 8/10
Scariness: 7/10
Seriousness: 9/10
Continuity: 8/10
Humour: 8/10
Total: 40/50

Although I have moaned about the continuity it was still good to see so many references to the past which were mostly done correctly.

Rest of Cast

The General: 9/10
The Female General: 6/10
Ohila: 9/10
Gastron: 7/10
Ashila: 8/10
Total:  39/50

Ashila wasn't top notch and the General and Ohila didn't get full marks because of how they finished in the story.

Total: 129/160

80.63%

Check out the next post for the Series 9 results and then later for the line count. 

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