The Bells of Saint John (TV story): Difference between revisions

It marked the debut of a new costume for the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. He changed to a purple cashmere coat with a black bow tie and darker-accented garb.

 

As the first story broadcast in 2013, its marketing had a similar feel to that of a "series opener", but the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] firmly maintained that it was merely the beginning of the second part of series 7, even threatening legal action against some sources that falsely claimed otherwise. The episode also introduced the concept of "the woman in the shop" who was a mysterious person somehow keeping the Doctor and Clara together. This arc would be carried on well into [[Series 8 (Doctor Who)|Series 8]] and would be touched upon in the Series 8 finale ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]''.

In Clara's room, the Doctor is tidying up. He takes out [[Jammie Dodger]]s, half-eating one and leaving it on the plate. He then leaves the room. Waking up from her sleep, she pokes out the window, and the Doctor, outside guarding her, recounts everything that she'd missed; Angie is staying with her friend Nina, Clara's father called to complain about the government, he optimized the photosynthesizes of the plants, organized the food pantry and reassembled a broken [[Quadricycle]] he found in the garage. Clara tells him that he DIDN'T find a broken quadricycle. The Doctor smiles and laughs: "I just invented the quadricycle."

When Clara asks if he plans to stay outside all night, the Doctor confirms it; she tells him that she'll just have to come to him instead. She comes outside with a cup of tea and a folding chair, sitting next to the Doctor. Clara wonders if the Spoonhead no longer poses a threat; the Doctor tells her that there have to be more out there, instead asking about her. Clara reveals that she is a friend of the family who live in the house, and she [[Nanny|looks after]] the children — similar to the "governess" role that [[The Snowmen (TV story)|her Victorian copy]] held. When Clara makes a tech-savvy joke about [[Twitter]], they realise that she has gained greater knowledge of [[computer]]s as a result of being partially uploaded. The duo spot another Spoonhead, presumably sent to re-upload Clara, before all the lights in the neighbourhood switch on. The Doctor realises that the residents are being compelled to do so via the [[Wi-Fi]]. The lights in the rest of [[London]] go off, and the Doctor and Clara see an [[aeroplane]] that is plummeting towards them. At Kizlet's office, Mahler is annoyed. "We can't keep passing it off as a riot." he says, implying that any riots in the past where cover stories due to them controlling people with the Wi-Fi.

Kizlet enters her office, where the window is broken and the motorbike is lying on the floor with the front wheel slowly turning. The Doctor is at her desk, and he demands that Kizlet return Clara from the [[data cloud]]. Kizlet states this is only possible if everyone else in the cloud is downloaded too. He tells her to do so. She then asks if he knows what would happen; he tells those with bodies still around would be free. She then adds that it's a small number; everyone else will just die. He then coldly says they would be released from a living hell. Kizlet asks how that's going to happen; the Doctor says he'll motivate her. Kizlet asks why he even bothered to come here; the Doctor tells her that he didn't. He's still at the café, enjoying his coffee. "You hack people. Me, I'm old-fashioned. I hack technology. Here's your motivation."