“Did
they see your face?” seems to be the burning question on the
Doctor’s lips. But more importantly for us, where on earth is
the Doctor?
To escape from ‘The Family’ we see (eventually throughout
the episode) the Doctor has changed his genetics to become pure
human. With a back story built up by the TARDIS, they end up in
1913 England. A time of hope for all in the country. But with
our Time lord Doctor gone and Martha having to improvise a story
for herself – all cannot go to plan.
However, the Doctor’s brilliant mind is still there, behind
‘John Smith’s’ occasionally, he’ll get a flashback “I
dream I’m this … adventurer. This daredevil. A Madman.”
He writes this in a journal hoping never to show anyone. Love,
of course, steels this hope as John Smith meets Joan, the nurse
at the school for boys he ends up in.
Will the doctor be back? How? When? Who really are ‘The
Family? And until Saturday 2nd of June, these questions will not
be answered. With wedding bells and laser beams in the distance,
we can only hope that our heroes can save the day this time!
After all – this is not the Doctor’s story, nor is it
Martha’s – it’s John Smith’s!
- 7/10
