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31 December 2024
There's some things to like here and some..... not to like.
The idea of having these stories be narrated as if an oral history of these events is rather interesting, and Damaris Hayman, reprising her role as Olive Hawthourne from 40+ years prior, certainly makes a good narrator for that story. It's especially an interesting choice to have her almost dubbing over other characters who we see speaking to the camera, it puts us in her place really effectively, hearing her mindset recounting the events as we watch through her eyes.
The story itself isn't really much to write home about, but it's an interesting expansion on the character's history, the sort of thing you could see being mentioned in The Daemons, but there not being much time to explore.
That all said, the liberal use of a romani slur does somewhat darken my perception of this story, without it I'd place this higher, but it's frustrating to hear, especially in a story that was released so relatively recently, and casting very much white actors for romani roles is also not a great look.
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