Thin Ice
A period setting, a mystery, and a monster. The perfect combination for a chilling episode of Doctor Who…
REVIEW BY GRAHAM KIBBLE-WHITE
TELEVISION
BBC ONE
BROADCAST Saturday 29 April 2017
I t’s a moment in between moments that sticks with me from Thin Ice, and it comes early into the story. Bill points out that she might appear obtrusive in London, 1814, thanks to one thing: melanin.
Although it’s peopled by despots and robots, the Doctor’s world can be morally naïve, essaying its unpleasantries only in allegory. With that in mind, it looks like he’s going to shake off the complicated portents of his companion’s comment. Then she continues: “Slavery is still totally a thing,” and that’s where we find it. The pause before he answers, with so much in the balance. “Yes it is.”