11/10/14: Written by Jamie Matheson/ Directed
by Paul Wilmshurst / Starring: Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Frank Skinner, John
Sessions
Reviewed by Sean Alexander
Immortal. Unstoppable.
Unkillable. Doctor Who has been many things over the years – political satire,
murder mystery, straight comedy – but it’s usually when its roots are showing
that it delivers to the widest audience.
‘Mummy on the Orient Express’ may be a one-line pitch from show-runner
Steven Moffat, but in the hands of newcomer scribe Jamie Matheson that simple
premise becomes possibly the purest piece of Who this series. And if last
week’s ‘Kill the Moon’ channelled the spirit of Philip Hinchclife’s still feted
era of gothic chills, ‘Mummy…’ takes it one step further by placing Egyptian
myths and Agatha Christie into the same, period-dress melting pot.
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