Sleep No More

On occasion, when re-watching 'Doctor Who' there are episodes to skip. 'Fear Her' and 'Love and Monsters' come to mind, both episodes being universally regarded by the fandom as being two of the worst, if not the worst, episodes of 'New Who' ever made. But what sets them apart from 'Sleep No More' is the fact that despite their flaws, they have coherent plots that the viewer can actually follow.

'Sleep No More' is a "found film" kind of an episode. It is even sans the iconic intro. I'll admit that it does start out as an interesting concept. Also intriguing is the plot device that humans in this era use a machine that provides them with a month's worth of sleep. Which is ironic, because the episode was putting me to sleep while I was watching it.

Series 9 of 'Doctor Who' had, to this point, been the most solidly consistently good series to date. 'Sleep No More' takes a turn for the worst with this episode that prevents viewers from forming any connections to the characters, introduces a nonsensical monster that is less believable than Sharknado, and a "twist" ending that divorces it from the entirety of 'Doctor Who' lore.

Not only can you skip this one to save your sanity and about 42 minutes of your life, but in doing so you won't miss a single plot point. This episode may as well have never happened. So do yourself a favor and pretend that it didn't.

There is one thing I have to credit this episode for. At the very beginning it says, "Do not watch this video." I suggest that everyone take that advice.

This was an experimental film for Doctor Who as it was shot like found footage film. At first this was an exciting prospect, as I really enjoy when films are shot like. However, the story fell a bit flat for me. Quite a boring episode overall, but Capaldi is brilliant as always.

Worst episode EVER ! Acting atrocious. Camera work looked like a five year old holding the family videocam. Plot , what plot !! Supporting characters / actors probably would not even want to have this on their portfolios. Only decent thing was spotting "Clara Oswald" in the text at the start. Regards the start, it's not Doctor Who without the theme tune at the start, as even as a child, hearing that tune meant,it was hide behind the sofa time, and it still does that to me at 50 years of age. Think Gatiss & Moff should park the idea of doing a sequel to this episode, as people will not even tune in if they know that a second part is made. Regards, last comment, glad Gatiss decided NOT to make this a two- parter as all stories this season have been, as having to stretch this dull amateur production over two weeks, I think I would have lost the will to live and just let the Sandmen kill me. There is always on episode every year that we quickly gloss over and quietly forget it. I can be 99:999998% sure that anyone who DID watch this dross, despite being told NOT TO, will agree.

I watched this one today after not watching since my first run of the show nearly 2 years ago, and now I remember why that is. I didn't hate it, but it made me feel a bit stupid. It becomes so quick-paced halfway through, and I can't tell if it's because of my information processing issues, but I had absolutely no idea what was going on by the end - I know any series consisting of 45 minute episodes have to pick up the pace to fit everything in, but this one was way too fast, faster than usual.

The plot starts as another one about capitalism and exploiting workers, which is an important topic to address and especially to make children aware of, but I thought it was pretty generic. "You must give your employees breaks!" has been done many times, classic and new eras, so it didn't exactly get my attention or leave an impression at this point in the show. Anyway, it starts as that, but I don't know how the ending links back to the issue.

I don't want to say it's bad because I don't think it is. Had they paced it right and stayed on topic, I would have liked it a lot more. I'm also keeping an open mind because spaceship episodes aren't my favourite type so it never was going to be a favourite of mine. If you're a fan of spaceship episodes then you'll probably like it more. So it has its pros and cons, I don't hate it and I don't love it, but I did like the characters.

R.

I'm currently rewatching the 12th doctor's era and honestly I wasn't a huge fan of it the first time. Now rewatching it I definitely like it more, but I still find myself just watching to watch most of the episodes. Despite the low rating this is one of the episodes I remember enjoying and upon rewatching I still like it! I'm actually surprised at the low rating. Is it the best episode of who? Of course not. But it's still worth watching.