A Good Man Goes To War - A Review

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There needn't be a review, considering around 6 million people are still speechless 'cause of that revelation.

As with many Moffat stories, the episode was closely knitted together with references to previous episodes, foreshadowings of future episodes, all the while masterfully intriguing the reader closer and closer to the TV screen. Throwing the audience into a realm of ambiguity and confusion right at the beginning is a pattern that has worked well with Moffat so far, but it's doubtful that this will be able to continue much longer before it becomes gimmicky. It was, however, beautifully done in this episode.

Bringing back characters from the previous series and episodes may have been a slight hint towards cutting down production costs, but it seems that most of the money went towards this episode. The unusual amount of extras and special effects compared to this-time-last-year gave the episode that extra push into the aesthetic brilliance which flourished in Series 4 and the finale to last year's series.

The only criticism I have is of the beginning, where Rory's part seemed a bit forced. Perhaps this was down to Arthur Darvill's acting style, or the writing, but the episode could have done without it. Having said that, the pre-titles shot of Rory (standing in front of an exploding Cyberman fleet) was amazingly shot.

There is only one question on our minds now... what happens next?!

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