Celedam wrote:"Am I a good man?"
In case you forgot, it premiered last Saturday.
I'd read a lot of negative reviews about the first episode. Well, except for sometimes not being able to follow the dialogue — go figure, it's the fast-talking Doctor with an even thicker accent — I loved it. They're getting further and further away from the campy adventure stories for children and into some pretty dark psychodrama. It's still not quite a series for grown-ups only — there are still monsters and ray guns, after all — but this new Doctor is not… safe.
I don't simply mean he's not cute and cuddly like most of his predecessors. I don't even mean he's a jerk like the Sixth Doctor (an interesting and very deliberate character choice that makes more sense in the radio plays). No, I mean you really don't know what he's capable of or where his companion(s) and, by proxy, you stand with him.
We also have a new nemesis (?), and her name is Missy…
Most likely the Master regenerated as a woman. Master -> Mistress -> Missy. And when we meet her, there is definitely an old-school, Anthony Ainley vibe with the black clothes and heavy eyeliner.