Doctor Who is now well and truly in the Disney era of the show with there being more eyes on the show then ever before. However there was a time just a few short years ago where really nobody even at the BBC was talking about Jodie Whittakers final episode of the show in the lead up to it's release and well almost exactly two years later I thought that now really was the right time to look back at an episode that really didn't get alot of promotion from the BBC in any way whatsoever and so then join me as I review the episode that technically sees The Doctor use up three regenerations in the same episode with the episode in question in question being called simply just "The Power Of The Doctor" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is with the Cybermen attacking London in 2022 , the Daleks doing something in a volcano in 20222 and The Master somehow being involved it's up to The Doctor to work out what's going on and stop it before it's far to later even if it's costs her her very own life. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well the in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad but that's also the problem as the plot of this episode wasn't all that good either as the plot wasn't really something that's fitting for a special episode as there's nothing about this episodes plot that screams special episode whereas if you compare that to The Day Of The Doctor that plot could really only really be told in a special episode where as the plot of this episode could have been told in a regular two part episode of the show with this episodes plot also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor , Mandip Gill as Yasmin Khan and John Bishop as Dan Lewis. Also starring in this episode is Sophie Aldred as Ace , Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka , Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart , Game Of Thrones star Jacob Anderson as Vinder , Bradley Walsh as Graham O'Brien , Patrick O'Kane as Ashad , Game Of Thrones star David Bradley as The Doctor , Colin Baker as The Doctor , Peter Davison as The Doctor , Paul McGann as The Doctor , The Hobbit star Sylvester McCoy as The Doctor , Jo Martin as The Doctor , Sacha Dhawan as The Master , Anna Andresen as Alexandra , Richard Dempsey as Nicholas , Jos Slovick as The Messenger , the great Nicholas Briggs as The Voices Of The Daleks And The Cybermen , Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush , Katy Manning as Jo Jones , the great William Russell as Ian Chesterton and David Tennant as The Doctor.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty Ii in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As all of the classic returning actors slip back into their roles like they've only just finished playing them and the series regular cast have really nailed there characters perfectly with this being more evident in the cases of Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gil both of whom have been playing there characters since 2017 however with all of that being said tho there are some bad performances in this episode tho as alot of this episodes cast members just don't turn in that good performance and while the returning cast members do turn in some good performances in this episode it's not as good as it really could have been with the acting in this episode not really being helped by the episodes script which is just so bad as it gives none of the episodes cast really nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be n the first place which is something that does bring down the overall quality of the acting in this episode.
Doing the CGI for this episode is DNEG ad the legends and the greats that are currently over at Real SFX. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as this episode does have some really decent looking CGI in it for the most part as there are also some really bad looking CGI effects to be found in this episode as well with the worst offender being the obvious CGI ladder that they really didn't need to do as it could have bee done practically and alot of the painfully bad projection scenes which just make this show look really cheap as they really very easily could have put in alot more money to create some better looking projection shots and better looking CGI effects shots and for some strange reason the makers of this show just chose not to do that at all.
As of right now this is the last episode to feature a more traditional regeneration as the very next regeneration episode what we got was the introduction of Bi-Generation. With the regeneration in this episode being very underwhelming as there was nothing that really made it stand out and given that regeneration is meant to be very traumatic for The Doctor the fact that this version of the character just brushes it off by saying "tag your it" just goes to show that Chris Chibnall really doesn't understand Doctor Who as that is something that The Doctor would never say in that situation as a good regeneration scene should have a moment where the actor says goodbye to the character and where the character has to face up to the facts that there dying and while The Doctor will continue on it won't be them and that is something that is very sorely missing in this episodes regeneration and as a result of this is despite all of the pretty visuals and the shocking twist reveal it is something that lacks the emotional gut punch that all good regeneration should have.
While The Day Of The Doctor was more of a love letter to everything that was then New Doctor Who this episode felt more like a love letter to Classic Doctor. With alot of the classic companions getting alot of screen time which in some ways does indeed work but it doesn't work in others as lets be real alot of the people that are watching this episode wouldn't really know who these characters and while yes it is great that we get to see some classic companions come back and play a big role in the plot it shouldn't come at the expense of the current cast which it does feel like here as the episode has to find away that does somewhat make sense to get rid of Dan and they have to make sure that Yaz really doesn't get any more personalty as she has to fight for screen time with more interesting characters that are already fully developed and as a result of that is the fact that alot of the moments with Yaz that should work don't work as she been given no personalty all throughout her time on the show and this was the final chance to fix that problem and they just didn't as all they did was her fight screen time and have her be a big simp for The Doctor.
As a villain The Master is really well used in this episode and while his plan to take over The Doctor's body is something that the classic version of the character would do. It's not something that works well with the more modern take on the character as this new version of the character already has a regeneration cycle and so would have no need to steal The Doctor's body and while the episode does give him a good reason for wanting it in this episode as he wants to use her name to ruin all of the good that she's done which is something that does work well enough for this episode it's also something that's not really an evil enough scheme for The Master as this version of the character has destroyed The Doctor mentally as seen in The Timeless Children and has already proven more then capable of archiving his scheme in this episode as we've already seen him use his smarts in just the previous series he for some reason goes with a less evil scheme and while the characters is wonderfully portrayed by Sacha Dhawan he still needs a good evil plan to help to make more interesting of a character and that's something that is very sorely lacking in this episode.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and twenty seven minuets and thirty eight seconds. Which is a solid running time for this episode t have as the episode really does have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that large amount of running but the issue is tho is that even the episode does have this expanded running time the episode really doesn't take the time to develop any of it's characters nor does it take the time to let it sink it that this is the last time that both The Doctor and Yaz will ever be seeing each other as the episode just rushes past it and as a result of it when Yaz really does leave the TARDIS for the last time it doesn't have the same impact that something like that really should have had as the episode is instead alot more focused on cramming in alot of references to Classic Doctor Who when it really should have been more focused on tieing up this era of the show in a way that feels really satisfactory but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk the actual action that's actually featured / resented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Which is really nothing new as the action in the modern era of the show has always been really good and this is more evident by the fact that this episode had a big budget behind and because of that it meant that they could do camera move that they wouldn't have been able to do in the show and this is something that not only looks visually impressive but it's also something that makes the action in this episode feel like that it belongs in a movie as it really just all that exciting to see and is something that really is fitting to be a special episode of the show like this one n my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall while this episode is a really solid way to end what could be seen as the shows worst era in it's modern run but at the same time it's also one of if not the worst regeneration episode in all of the shows history as it lacks anything that makes a regeneration episode good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page , Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great and really legendary Google Images simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this episode and are really of course on Google Images are all really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.