The Girl Who Died Analysis

After cutting his teeth on last season’s highly successful Flatline and Mummy on the Orient Express I expect many have been looking forward to seeing this year’s offering from Jamie Mathieson. The scares and chills maybe toned down in The Girl Who Died compared to his previous offerings – indeed, after the last two stories a more upbeat tale is well placed – yet Mathieson still manages to stamp his unique mark on what’s traditionally known as the light-hearted romp.

In essence, the events that transpire in the episode are a series of mistakes or miscalculations that the characters make along the way. Right from the start where we see one character floating alone in space, to the closing shot of another looking jaded and perturbed, all the …show more content…
A talent that we have seen a past Doctor possess is back, for example, allowing Peter scope to deliver some raw emotional lines as he and Clara decide if they should interfere and help the town.

That’s not to say that there is a slight wobble along the way, I do have one minor grumble; a certain promised scene is perhaps rushed to some extent after the build-up that we’ve had in our minds as fans ever since Peter was cast. The main problem is probably down more to expectations rather than execution however; therefore it remains more a petty niggle opposed to being a major complaint.

The mystery who Maisie Williams was going to be one that has caused no end of discussion since the first trailer hit at Comic Con back in July. Was she playing a different version of River, Susan, the Master…the Rani?! Well, in truth she’s a pretty ordinary young girl called Ashildr who lives with her father in a small Viking town. She’s a bit of a loner and maybe over thinks certain situations, so why would the Doctor be distracted by her presence when one of the deadliest warrior races in the entire galaxy are about to