Chibnall is very lucky I enjoyed the brief interludes with Bel and seeing the aftermath of the Flux.īack with the rest of the cast, we have a few different storylines. It is made pretty clear what is going on and the mystery in the episode comes from who is causing it to happen, rather than its occurence. Take The End of the World, for instance. The Bel strand of this episode is a particularly egregious example of Chibnall’s tendency to set up a mystery only by posing the question: ‘What on earth is going on?’ It only pays off at the very end of the episode, whereas good mysteries in Doctor Who are usually more subtly posed. Frustratingly, however, this is quickly put to one side as we are quickly catapulted into another story with a character called Bel.
We start the episode more or less where we left off: with Swarm being generally menacing and the Doctor attempting to formulate a plan to save the day. Some questions were answered, but in true Doctor Who fashion, far more was raised in the process. We were introduced both to new elements of the Doctor’s past, and to elements of the future to come. It mirrored T he Halloween Apocalypse in many ways but was overall a far more satisfying narrative. Once, Upon Time was an exciting third installment to the six part Flux extravaganza following War of the Sontarans. Speculation and surpises in store as Victoria Walker reviews Series Thirteen’s third episode – and warning – there be spoilers ahead! Image Description: Bel on her quest across the universe
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