Spyfall: Part Two
- Episode aired Jan 5, 2020
- TV-PG
- 1h 1m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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A terrifying plan to destroy humanity is about to reach fruition. Can the Doctor and her friends escape multiple traps and defeat a deadly alliance?A terrifying plan to destroy humanity is about to reach fruition. Can the Doctor and her friends escape multiple traps and defeat a deadly alliance?A terrifying plan to destroy humanity is about to reach fruition. Can the Doctor and her friends escape multiple traps and defeat a deadly alliance?
Ravin J. Ganatra
- Hakim Khan
- (as Ravin J Ganatra)
Andrew Piper
- Inventor
- (as Andrew Pipe)
Andrew Burford
- Heavy
- (uncredited)
- …
Helena Dennis
- Lecture Theater Student
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaAmong those pictured on the Master's psychic map as the most significant contributors to the advancement of human computer science are Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Alan Turing OBE FRS.
- GoofsKhan says Paris was subjected to "nightly bombing raids". Paris was not heavily bombed between 1940 and 1944, with limited raids mainly on factories on the outskirts of the city. Paris was declared an open city in 1940 to prevent either side attacking the historic buildings.
- Quotes
The Doctor: But the Master tracked me down, and now he wants me dead, whereas I am a big fan of being alive.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Overlord DVD: Doctor Who Season 12 Episode 1 Review: Spyfall (2020)
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Spyfall parts 1 and 2: overly-long, flat, and ultimately unsatisfying
Someone or something is disposing of Earth's secret agents, leading the Doctor and her three companions to investigate a mysterious high-tech entrepreneur, only to discover that nothing is as it seems thanks to the nefarious machinations of an old nemesis. Cross-over parodies can be a lot of fun, but this Dr. Who: 007 hybrid is pretty lame, especially the chase scene (featuring the Who and crew wearing silly looking helmets and unconvincingly riding motorcycles that seem bulletproof). The resolution of the part-one cliff-hanger is painfully contrived and a good example of the current show-runner's reluctance to have any sort of tension or drama without inserting some (usually forced) levity. The actual story could easily have been done in a single episode and there is a lot of filler involving the companions' side-stories and the Doctor's bouncing around time meeting people who are superfluous to the plot but must have appealed to the writer's sense of 'inclusion'. The two main historical characters might have made interesting characters in a more nuanced story (and the actresses playing them were quite good) but in Spyfall they are just throwaways. I still dislike Jodie Whittaker's take on the venerable Timelord character. Her 'Mork from Ork' 'flood pants and suspenders' ensemble is both silly and ugly (silly has precedence in Time Lord fashion but ugly doesn't) and her delivery rushed and 'scripty' but the worst is the constant grimacing - there were a couple of moments in Spyfall where she managed to look 'Timelordly', but for the most part she looks like an amateur trying too hard to look like they are acting. Since I've not liked the current cast from the beginning, I need a good story, which this wasn't despite the third act 'twist', or interesting imagery (also lacking, the CGI of the damaged plane was terrible), to keep me involved. I wish that the show-runners would trim the cast and stop trying to show how 'progressive' they are, a lightweight science fiction adventure series is really not the place for endless sophomoric attempts at social engineering. I am not optimistic about the upcoming season, despite that being better than last season isn't that much of a challenge.
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- Jan 5, 2020
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- Porthkerry Country Park, Barry, Wales, UK(Yaz calls her sister at a phonebox)
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