Doctor Who: Series 6: A Good Man Goes to War
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS IF YOU'RE LATE TO THE PARTY!
Mid-series finale? Is that not a bit of a contradiction in terms? It's almost as ludicrous as having a finale right at the start of the series. Oh no, wait... we already had that, didn't we.
Bless Steven Moffat, but I never remember thinking "Hey, you know what I want more of in Doctor Who? Series finales." Ever since Russell T. Davies jumped the proverbial shark with the finale to end all finales - aptly titled The End of Time - the one thing I haven't yearned for is more event episodes.
Indeed, the only flaw I'd attribute to the opening two-parter of this series was the fact that it had all the enormity of a finale without the prior build up of an entire series. By the end of this year's run, we'll have had three big "finales" - should Moffat be wary of blowing his top by constantly trying to outdo himself?
Not on current evidence, since those we've witnessed thus far have been absolute belters. No longer is the show re-treading the old "classic baddie trying to destroy the universe" yarn, but instead plays with every science fiction element in its arsenal. From memory to moon-landings, childbirth to doppelgängers, Steven Moffat is flipping the bird to the naysayers who thought he couldn't deliver on so-called "big" episodes.
