Doctor Who Series 8: Kill the Moon

 SPOILERS!!!!! Read at your own risk.

 I have mixed feelings about this episode. I liked it quite a bit, but it confused me and made me feel unhappy. I really liked Courtney in this episode. She's great. And I liked the other woman too. I forget her name.

I also really liked Clara. I have a feeling that people will start hating her because of this episode, and that really annoys me. The Doctor pushed her too far. Danny foreshadowed it in the last episode. I'm not even sure it was the whole "leaving the humans to make their own decision" thing that made her snap. I think that it was a long series of events that lead up to her lashing out at the Doctor. No matter what she said before, I think that she believes he's changed. Deep in her heart she doesn't believe that the twelfth doctor is the same person as the eleventh doctor. And then there was the whole thing with Danny. This last thing was just too much. She felt like the Doctor had betrayed her and patronized her.

That said, I understand the Doctor's point of view as well. I think that sometimes he doesn't realize that his companions aren't perfect. He said that he trusted Clara to make the right decision, and he was right to. But a person can only be pushed so far.

So, overall, great episode. A few things didn't make much sense, but whatever. Here is my updated list of series 8 episodes in preference order:

1. Listen
2. Deep Breath
3. Into the Dalek
4. Kill the Moon
5. The Caretaker
6. Robot of Sherwood
7. Time Heist

The next episode is called Mummy on the Orient Express. I'm interested to see what it's like.