Warning: Spoilers ahead, since we are recapping all the moon blowing up madness.
In the future of 2049, Clara is on the Moon and she says they have 45 minutes to decide something. Clara confront the Doctor about Courtney Woods. He told her she's not special and it's sent her "off the rails." The Doctor, Clara, and Courtney head to the future, on the moon. They're on a space shuttle that has a ton of nuclear bombs on it.
The Doctor asks the crew of the ship what's wrong with the moon. They don't know. They plan to blow up the moon. The gravity is off and causing havoc on Earth. It's the greatest natural disaster in history.
They all step off the ship and find an old Mexican mining station. It has cobwebs all over it. It's been like this for ten years. No one from earth had gone into space. They discover one of the miners caught in the web. They're dead. The Doctor fins survey info of the moon and there's stress cracks all over it.
Meanwhile, one of the crew is outside and finds one of the spiders. Pretty sure he's dead.
Inside the base, they all hear a monstrous scream. The screams continue. Something is in the base with them. It's a space spider. The Doctor tells everyone that it senses movement so everyone has to move slowly. Courtney sneezes and the spider kills one of the crew. Everyone but Courtney escapes the room. A spider was about to kill her, but Courtney sprays it with Mr. Clean. The spider is dead.
The doctor and Clara take Courtney back to the TARDIS. The doctor tells Clara he needs to stay to see what's going on because there are some moments in time that he can't see. He says it's up to them. The last crew member says they're the last astronauts and she needs their help.
Clara, the Doctor, and the crew member walk around the moon and see more dead bodies. The spiders are reproducing and evolving. The Doctor jumps into a crater and leaves Clara and the woman behind.
Courtney is bored and wants to know when everyone is coming back. She posts moon pictures on Tumblr to pass the time. The landscape of the moon is changing. The Doctor rejoins them. He gets mad that Courtney posted pictures of him online. The doctor discovers that something is growing in the Moon and the spiders are bacteria. The moon is hatching. The astronaut lady wants to kill it.
Clara wants to know what to do. The Doctor says he's not going to do anything. He can't make this decision for the whole planet. Clara wants his help and advice, but he is not helping. The Doctor leaves in the TARDIS.
The bacteria-spiders are claiming onto the surface. Clara asks the astronaut what happens when the moon isn't there. The woman claims that the thing in the moon is parasite and she says they have to kill it to save the people on Earth. The astronaut presses the "kill everything countdown timer." Ground control calls up and says things are bad.
Clara uses the satellites to broadcast her asking Earth and says leave your lights on to let the creature live and to turn your lights off if you want to kill it. All the lights on Earth go off. Before the bomb goes off, the Doctor shows up and tells everyone to get in the TARDIS. They all head to Earth and get to watch the creature hatch.
The creature lays a new egg and replaces the moon. The Doctor tells them all that this is the moment of time where he people of earth begin looking at the stars again and start flying throughout the universe. The astronaut thanks Clara for stopping her from blowing up the moon.
Courtney is taken home. Clara asks the Doctor whether he knew about all of this. Clara shouts at the Doctor. Clara leaves the TARDIS in a huff. She bumps into Danny. Clara explains the whole story to Danny. Clara eventually heads home after venting and she stares out at the moon.
Doctor Who is usually pretty good when it comes to all things science. However, that creature sure made a lot noise... in space. In fact, the Spiders did the same, when they were on the surface. You need air or atmosphere for sound. Therefore, we shouldn't be hearing the creature, who is in space, especially not from Earth. This was my biggest problem with the episode.
The dialogue between Clara and Danny at the end of the episode is pointless. Danny offers piece of mind to Clara about why the Doctor does what he does; however, it's not very believable and the scene falls extremely flat. It could have been easily cut out and it wouldn't have affected the story at all.
Aside from those minor problems, the episode is pretty awesome. The spider-creatures are very cool looking and add a nice horror element to the episode. I love the overall idea of the moon being an egg as well. It's a cool take on creatures that live in space.
Courtney Woods is actually a nice addition to the crew. She's young and travelling is all very new to her, so it's fun watching her experience all these moments, which Clara and The Doctor have both experience numerous times.
"Kill the Moon" really surprised me. From the trailers, I wasn't too excited, but what we got was a fun episode that does add a little to the mythos of Earth and the Doctor. I loved the idea of the Doctor forcing others to make these large-scale decisions, which alter the course of industry. "Kill the Moon" the perfect mixture of science fiction and a mystery with a tiny bit of horror. It feels like this series has finally found its footing again.
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