Psi: I still don't get why you're in charge.
The Doctor: Basically, it's the eyebrows.
Companions: The 12th Doctor and Clara Oswald.
Air Date: 20th September 2014.
The Twelfth Doctor and Clara receive a mysterious phone call, and find themselves in a maximum security bank, memories wiped clean and two more recruited strangers to accompany them. Their mission: to rob from a bank that lives up to the reputation of impregnability, but will they be able to find out what they've been recruited to steal and why before they get captured?
Essentially, Time Heist is a take on the Hollywood heist movies like Oceans 11. This time it is taken further and the heroes must break into a science fiction bank with extreme defences including an alien creature, the Teller, which can detect guilt and liquefy brains. It is a very odd story and at first glance doesn't seen very Doctor like but as we all know it gets explained near the end.
I'm not especially fond of this one. In fact I think it is quite forgettable. I obviously remember it but unlike nearly every other episode I couldn't recall the details when re-watching it for this review. It wasn't good enough to be memorable. No classic references although it does feel like the sort of adventure the 6th Doctor might have found himself involved in so I guess there is some sort of throwback.
I suppose that it just isn't well put together. The characters that the companions meet are okay but are only there for the story and they have little to pull you in to them. The episode itself is a mixture if scenes that seem slotted together and the overall twist at the end isn't all that surprising even if you don't work it out. It isn't the worst or most boring episode I have ever seen but sadly Time Heist falls short of what I expect from modern Doctor Who.
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