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nikola tesla’s night of terror salt commentary

wait this one doesn’t have a cold opening either? i thought they were brought back for s12? did i imagine this?

again im not well versed in history so unsure of any historical accuracies

finally the companions are wearing historical costumes!! 🎉🎉🎉

something something bad pacing you know the drill

it’s not an ‘alien’ gun if it’s silurian (amateur hour chibs)

the doctor is calling tesla a liar because ‘first thing I asked you I said have you seen anything weird?’ but tesla doesn’t have any chance to reply before being shot at?

and then she asks who they are and who was shooting at them which tesla replies he has ‘no idea’… which is true?? why she calls him a liar is bizarre. he’s not exactly lying just hiding some tech and it’s not like she asks him ‘what are you hiding? or have you seen any alien tech around?’ why is she so adamant he’s lying? it comes across as really harsh/ dickmove. oh he didn’t immediately tell a stranger everything, he must be up to something(!)

‘and i have no intention of handing it to total strangers’ at least tesla brings this up.

‘strangers who just save your life’ i mean for all he knows the doctor and fam could be the reasoning someone is trying to kill them, he doesn’t know that yet. why are they acting like tesla is the dick in this situation. clearly the doctor and fam aren’t very good at making friends.

after kane, and now tesla, the doctor is being quiet hostile to people she’s only just met. im gonna guess this is suppose to be intentional characterisation???

unsure why tesla and dorothy just lets the doctor and fam follow them into his lab. they don’t know them at all and they’ve been pretty hostile to him since meeting them

‘he should have been the first billionaire by now’ hmmm what a weird thing to say… anyone would think this doctor is pro capitalism or something…

nah but honestly this is way out of character for the doctor to be promoting capitalism in regards to invention. the doctor doesn’t care about profit and is an awful assumption to make that someone would only invent something for the pursuit of profit rather than scientific curiosity which is what the doctor would actually advocate for.

‘changing the world takes time. you have to be patient.’ god what a shit message. also this is very funny as last episode the doctor was saying we need to do something now before it’s too late and in this episode she’s like lmao wait a bit.

it’s very much that doctor always dictates what they’re doing. like you rarely see the companion take much agency in their actions (apart from that one time in praxues with yaz).

‘no guns ryan!’ sorry but the pacifist shit takes the piss, you’re clearly in danger, it’s not completely unreasonable that ryan may want to defend himself.

why doesn’t yaz reply to the doctor that the disguised skithra have got in already?? she just puts the phone down.

also she’s using her phone right in front of tesla, lol im sure he didn’t notice that at all(!)

having anjli mohindra in dw and she’s not playing rani chandra is an absolute crime. i mean at least ch*bnall can’t butcher her character this way so small wins i guess.

im sorry but why the fuck is edison allowed in the tardis??? i guess we’ll have to wipe his memory at the end of this, right doc?(!)

like there’s no need for dorthoy or edison to be in tardis?

‘you’re in here strictly on the QT right, so get them dollar signs out of your eyes cos this lot ain’t for sale’ why is he here in the first place then? it’s not like you trust the man or anything.

im confused why graham is trying to act like he knows more than he does in this episode. like is this in his character? has he ever done this before?

really don’t understand why we’re letting edison tag along with us.

oh look yaz is showing initiative in trying to escape the skithra ship, keep this up hun and we just might make a companion out of you yet(!)

i would say that yaz almost contributes something but again she gets kidnapped to be immediately recused so 🤷‍♀️.

‘that’s gotta mean rich and famous’ again why should the necessary motivation for inventing by profit and fame??? such a weird angle.

‘ tesla keeps on inventing, but no money no fame, he dies penniless’ why is this episode obsessed with money. is that the only way you can equate someone’s worth? 🙄

‘history leaves him behind’ why does the doctor sound seemingly okay with this??

‘either way, it doesn’t change what’s he done’ i mean he probably does deserve fair credit for his inventions.

concluding thought: a pretty decent episode, iron out the kinks, and give the companions something to do and this would good.

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#series 12 salt rewatch #dw commentary

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