Connection Conjecture ~ Farewell to #12

With the oncoming return of The Doctor, I’ve wanted to revisit some of Peter Capaldi’s episodes. It was in scrolling through those, that I realized there weren’t any that stood out. "Heaven Sent" was a favorite but ruined by "Hell Bent". I consider him to be the most Doctorish of the new Doctors but his tenure was tarnished by two things, lackluster writing and Clara Oswald.

A lot of the stories seemed to reach for the lowest hanging fruit on the tree or absurd suspensions of reality. We save Robin Hood by shooting a golden arrow with a long bow through a window of a moving space ship...yes we are dealing with science fiction but this is a stretch. Another example was the season leading up to Missy. We spent all season wondering who this new character is, only to be not only given the obvious but also a grand finale that miraculously gives armor to the dead and buried out of thin air (or dirt?).