Rate & Discuss: The Rebel Flesh
A solar tsunami sends the TARDIS hurtling towards a futuristic factory on Earth, where human doppelgangers are used to mine dangerous acid. Can the Doctor convince the terrified humans to accept these “almost people” and prevent an all-out civil war before the factory explodes?
Tonight marked the start of a chilling two parter as we were introduced to the Gangers!
We all know by now that the Doctor just can’t stay away from Earth for too long, and in this episode he returned to our planet with a bump when the TARDIS found itself caught up in a solar tsunami. It sent them hurtling towards a factory in the 22nd century, where human doppelgangers were being used to mine dangerous acid. Of course, it didn’t take long for the Gangers to go walkabout, and with the terrifying doubles on the loose, just who could be trusted? Queue the traditional array of shocks, confusion and revelations!
As the Doctor set out on a momentous monastery mission to reassure the humans about their own clones (they’re people too!), he was about to come face to face with a familiar face. Elsewhere, Amy Pond found herself caught up in her own personal mystery, as the strange Eyepatch Lady returned, while Rory took a particular shine to a new friend…
Were you blown away by The Rebel Flesh? Has part one left you itching for next week’s conclusion, or was the episode disappointing to say the least? Did the doppelgangers send you hiding behind the sofa? Are you Team Humans or Team Gangers? What did you make of the cliffhanger? Answer those questions and ask some of your own below!
I actually seemed to like Jennifer quite a lot. But no-one has asked this until me right now: What has happened to the HUMAN Jennifer? I thought Rory was more involved and really seemed to care for Jen maybe a bit too much for Amy’s liking lol. Cleaves was really stupid what she done by killing the Ganger Buzzer which basically started the war between Humans and Gangers.
i hope that rorys friend granger/human turns out to be the game changer turn around point that stops the other gangers
I loved it. “The Doctor’s Wife” was a tough act to follow, so this is sure to suffer from the comparison, but this is a different sort of story, so it doesn’t *need* to be compared, in my opinion. I’m liking it very much so far. I only regret that BBC America is holding “The Almost People” back a week due to Memorial Day, when lots of people in America go on vacation and would be less likely to tune in. (Only a bit less likely, though.)
I’m also wondering what became of the original Jennifer…. Seems like a gun being loaded in the first act; it will have the be fired in the third. Part of me wonders if there’s some connection to why Jennifer is seemingly reluctant to plug into her ganger in the beginning. Is she herself a ganger?
I love the clip the BBC released showing the real Doctor and the ganger Doctor talking. It reminds me of the Red Dwarf episode when they met the shapechanging pleasure gelf who is always perceived as the object of your desire — so the Cat perceives it as himself.
When I first watched it, I was amazed at how they made there faces like that! I cannot wait to see part 2