Note- Sorry about the delay on this one. You see, American football season just started up, and my parents had the TV last night. Fortunately, due to time shifting technologies, this is much less of an issue. Alright, now let's talk about Robot of Sherwood.- End Note.
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| Written by Mark Gattis Directed by Paul Murphy |
Finally, an episode this season that is genuinely good, and one where the Twelfth Doctor doesn't come off as a complete jerk. Would you look at that, it's also the first one this season that wasn't written by Steven Moffat. Personally, I don't think that's a coincidence.
Anyways, our story involves Clara and the Doctor arriving in twelfth century England since she really wanted to see Robin Hood. The Doctor was resistant to this idea, mostly because Robin Hood never existed, but he heads there anyways. As he exits the TARDIS, an arrow fired by an impossibly charismatic man in green impales the door. Much to the Doctor's shock, and Clara's delight, this seems to indeed be Robin Hood. After some banter, he introduces our heroes to his band of Merry Men, and head off to an archery contest.
Where it is discovered that the Sheriff of Nottingham has aligned himself with some visiting aliens and has been pillaging the local's gold to repair their ship. Now the Doctor must work with the legend to save the land, and discover why someone that doesn't exist seems to be here.
I would head into the usual recap, but this episode isn't quite suited for that. This is a comedy episode, and a good one. In spots, I was reminded of the wordy skit type humor of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, or alternatively, it's more focused cousin The Princess Bride.
The cast is terrific. Jenna Coleman and Peter Capaldi come off as an old married couple, in a good way this time, and they picked a fantastic Robin Hood in one Tom Riley. He plays off of Capaldi's Doctor fantastically, and writer Mark Gattis has some fantastic banter for them to exchange.
That's all I can say about this one. It's a solid comedy, some good performances, and it is the first good episode this season. Next time, it looks like we're getting a horror episode written by Steven Moffat. I, have mixed feelings about his. On the one hand, Moffat hasn't been that good since Let's Kill Hitler and the midpoint of series 6. On the other hand, his horror episodes during the Davies era were some of the show's best episodes. This next episode will get the benefit of the doubt.
Have a nice day.
Greg.B
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