While World Enough and Time is nothing short of exceptional, I am a lot cooler towards The Doctor Falls. It's not bad but not nearly as strong as the previous episode. The writing feels a lot less tight and a lot more self-indulgent in this finale. Moffat wants to have the credit of creating deadly situations, without the actual emotional consequences of doing so once again. So, just like with Clara and so many others, Bill gets her not so secret happy ending. It's all a bit hockey if you ask me and nearly risks cheapening the boldness of World Enough and Time.

I do like the Doctor in this episode and love the whole "because it is kind" thing. However, the resolution with the Master and Missy, while perhaps fitting for their characters, felt distinctly underwhelming. I think I wanted something deeper after seeing a season of Missy trying to redeem herself - a more satisfying conclusion other than the Master once again temporarily dying. Even the whole resolution with Nardole felt like a weird way to close out the story of this ship trapped in the event horizon of a black hole and the Cybermen. There was something really neat to this whole story but I'm not sure Moffat was really able to deal with all this material very well here.

I'm just not a big fan, and it doesn't feel like it is earned to have the Doctor just giving up on life at the end of this story. It feels like Moffat always wants things in the most dramatic state as possible, and while I certainly see why these events were traumatizing, I struggle to feel like the character would want to give up now of all times, given his history with the Time War and the like. That being said, you know I was excited as hell when David Bradley shows up at the very end. That was cool as hell, and The Doctor Falls does have a few moments like that which certainly make it worth watching, at the very least.