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“The Zygon Inversion” brings this two-part story to a close, while also arranging a happy ending that unfortunately seems far less likely for the real-world situations that the episodes have been commenting on.
Sure, I was glad to see the Doctor “win” this round, talking down the Zygon Bonnie (a.k.a. Evil Clara, a.k.a. Zygilla) and actually getting through to her to the point where they “broke the cycle” and she joined the Doctor, Osgood and UNIT’s cause. If only it were so easy in reality to convince a suicide bomber or an ISIS terrorist or a would-be martyr of the endless cycle of pain and suffering that they are perpetuating.
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“The Zygon Inversion” brings this two-part story to a close, while also arranging a happy ending that unfortunately seems far less likely for the real-world situations that the episodes have been commenting on.
Sure, I was glad to see the Doctor “win” this round, talking down the Zygon Bonnie (a.k.a. Evil Clara, a.k.a. Zygilla) and actually getting through to her to the point where they “broke the cycle” and she joined the Doctor, Osgood and UNIT’s cause. If only it were so easy in reality to convince a suicide bomber or an ISIS terrorist or a would-be martyr of the endless cycle of pain and suffering that they are perpetuating.
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