Doctor Who
Season 8, Episode 9 “Flatline”
Directed by Douglas Mackinnon
Written by Jamie Mathieson
Starring Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Jovian Wade, Jessica Hayles
BBC America
Air Date: Saturday, October 18, 2014
In her book To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee imparts a very important piece of advice: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." That moral lesson is on full display this week in Doctor Who, as the Doctor is trapped in the TARDIS and Clara (Jenna Coleman) must fully function as his proxy. She must must assess threats, uncover clues, save others, and ultimately formulate a course of action that will save the Doctor, who can then end the threat. Along the way, she discovers that being in the Doctor's shoes is both harder and easier for her than the previously thought, and that purity is something very difficult to maintain [...]
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