Matthew's Journal

I was worried that the resolution of last week's plot would be too cheap. While it was a bit cheeky, I didn't feel too cheated. I'm quite enjoying how Missy keeps being evil just when you think she's actually helping out. Her narration of the Doctor's escape from the android assassins felt like playing with the 4th wall quite a bit, but I enjoyed it.

On the whole, I thought the Missy/Clara sections of this episode were better than the Doctor/Davros bits, though the "lets regenerate all the sewer-daleks" plot was nicely done. And it's not the first time a dalek's asked for mercy, although the Doctor doesn't know that. And we all know Missy will escape the daleks, but I wonder whether we will be shown how at some point.