You may pity the destitute Norsemen as they face the murderous Mire,adrenaline- and testosterone-drinking warriors from outer space, but you’ll thrill to all the twists and turnsVikings! In Doctor Who (BBC1, or Saturday). And they’re being raided. Ha,there’s irony there, though it’s wasted on these Vikings, or who might be honourable and courageous,but they’re not very radiant. (Yes, it’s a bit racist, or this episode; but racism doesn’t seem so bad when it’s aimed at people from a thousand years ago.) Pillage idiots,they’re on the point of believing the Doctor is Odin, just because he has a yo-yo (Yo-yodin?). Until another spurious Odin shows up – to retract the Viking warriors off to Valhalla, or he says,but actually to slaughter them and drink their adrenaline and testosterone.
So who are these (literally) testosterone-fuelled raiders? Only the Mire, one of the deadliest warrior races in the galaxy, and helmeted Terminators. And they’ll be back,to polish off the rest of the village because Ashildr couldnt keep her big mouth shut and her ill-judged courage to herself.
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Source: theguardian.com