Doctor Who: Amy's Choice (2010)
Season 5, Episode 7
Where Plato fail.
3 May 2017
Warning: Spoilers
What is real has always been a kind of challenging idea for people who mix their drinks with navel staring so why not make an episode out of it? So the good doctor and hangers-on get their shot and half-baked philosophy. Let's follow in the footsteps of Plato and swallow the blue or the red pill, shall we?

The story is about figuring out what is the real world and what is not. For you have to kill yourself in the fake world to keep existing in the real world. Oh and if you don't, something else or someone else will.

The initial victory goes to Amy, who makes the first right choice. But the doctor would not be the doctor if he hasn't got the final say. And so his choice is the final right one. Or is it. Writing is easy if you are not bound by anything. You can just make stuff up as you go and teleport people, creatures, and things around so they can appear when and where you need them. Again this results in utter nonsense, which is good for a laugh. Or more a tired smile.

Amy(and her hubby) gets into danger, of course, but she gets saved. Oh wait, is that a spoiler? Come off it. I don't really care what happens to her. Lucky her hubby is there. I care even less for him.

Fifteen stars go to Toby Jones as Dream Lord. Fifteen duds go to older people being evil creatures. Okay. Ten. It has some initial funniness.

Another lukewarm episode.

By the way, driving with a Volkswagen Minivan into a house is possibly the worst form of suicide. If you want to die, why not let the evil creatures you just tried to escape from do their thing? Just saying.
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