Doctor Who Review - The Power of Three (2012)

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Trilbee reviews 'The Power of Three'. Is there enough power here to save this series? (Yeah, I'm running out of gags here).
The Power of Three
Directed by: Douglass Mackinnon
Written by: Chris Chibnall
Starring: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill
There have been many ways to invade the Earth, and the Doctor has seen them all -- or so he always thought. And then the human race wakes up one morning and discovers the world has been overrun by... "very small cubes", which then proceed to... do nothing at all. A plan is afoot, humanity is endangered -- but by what and how and, above all, when?
For the first time in his world-saving career the Doctor has to call upon one of the least of his virtues: patience. And the Ponds face something possibly more terrifying than any world-ending apocalypse: the Doctor is moving in!
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@Lythgoemania 10 лет назад

04:45 Mystery solved. The cubes are being used to spread Rick-rolls around the world.

@SonicUndergroundLOL 12 лет назад

It's heartbreaking. And I haven't even watched the full episode. That last scene.... *breaks down in tears*.

@Monkofmagnesia 12 лет назад

My Matt Smith Moment of the Week honourable mention is when the Doctor tells Rory's dad what happened to his former companions, and promises it will never happen to Amy and Rory (which most likely means it will).

@cathief13 11 лет назад

Was the topic of what death means to the doctor ever touched upon? I mean, we see him mourn over dead companions, and there it makes sense because he'd not be able to go back in time and see them again after they met him as that would mean crossing his own timeline - but with the brigadier, what stops him from going back in time and saying goodbye? Having that brandy with him?

@Doodmeister0 12 лет назад

1. If Amy gets pregnant again in the next episode, I'm totally gonna say I called it. That would make their 20 minute divorce in Asylum actually mean something. 2. Rory's dad ~~== Donna's grandad

@CULater000 12 лет назад

Thanks for this great review. The only thing I missed was the little scene between Brian and the Doctor about the fates of former companions. Also, for everyone who is interested, Dredd is really good, so check it out!

@dragonsideentertainment849 12 лет назад

, for this episode we had the best form of the DOCTOR WHO logos we have had this season need to say EVER featuring an excellent plot-line, amazing characters, great lines such as ‘Yes, You, You not me, I hate being Patient, Patience is for Wimps,’ and ‘Well my firing laser bolts and now it’s surfing the web’, great acting from Matt, Karen, Arthur and Kate this episode is bound to be considered a classic. I rate it - 10/10

@TANG3RINE95 12 лет назад

It's meant to be a reference to Amy, rory and the doctor. How when working together they can do great things.

@TheEmmaHouli 12 лет назад

In Dinos on a spaceship, it makes reference to the fact that Amy keeps changing her job

@MagnaLynx21 12 лет назад

Honestly, the jumble in this episode, along with the second thought that was the last act is just another example of why two parters should never have been axed. While there is argument that this wouldn't have worked to well stretching it out further, I felt it had a build up that could have taken it further. I still firmly agree with your rating and your comments on the final act were pretty much spot on to what I was thinking while watching the episode.

@the_alex_ellis_channel6923 12 лет назад

You have missed some thing - it took 1 year for the cubes to activate, so that people would become used to them. They would take them into there homes, to work, in the car. This way when they did activate, there would be no "safe zones" where there were no cubes, in order to make sure that everyone dies.

@bigfatcarp93 11 лет назад

God, now I'm imagining Emperor Palpatine screaming at annoying kids in Halo...

@DOCTORFREEDOM 12 лет назад

No mention of the scene where Rory's Dad confronts The Doctor about the fate of his past companions? Trilbee how could you... :-)

@skallywalla 12 лет назад

This episode illuminated the reason for the divorce story: it was a convincing way to suddenly talk about Amy's infertility & show that it didn't matter to Rory. Starting a family is a prime reason to stop traveling, especially with the significant passage of time (10 years). Remove that obstacle and you have a believable dramatic conflict - continuing vs. stopping. You then can pull an even more dramatic end to your characters' journey: they *chose* to continue (& look where it leads...)

@AndrozaniCritic1999 9 лет назад

"For those of you who don't know the Brigadier…" How can ANYONE call themselves a Doctor Who fan and not know about the Brigadier? After the Doctor, he's possibly the show's most popular character and he's a MASSIVE part of the show's history.

@nifralo2752 8 лет назад

+CupidStunt what about him in the Sarah Jane Adventures?

@carucath97 8 лет назад

A lot of kids wouldn't know - i was 15 when it originally aired and I didn't know who the Brig was

@AndrozaniCritic1999 8 лет назад

CaruCath97 Eh, to be fair, I probably didn't either. Ignore my 2-year-old comment. It's bollocks.

@carucath97 8 лет назад

Androzani Critic Don't worry ;P - I know who he is now... and he's awesome

@MCFilms21 11 лет назад

Jon Gransten made theme for him! And what an intro

@dragonsideentertainment849 12 лет назад

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, like DOAS the episode was action-packed and i yet again stated - Good on you, Chibnall - i was impressed by how Chibnall handled Unified Intelligence Taskforce’s return and he was amazing at bringing in Kate Stewart (daughter of the 60s, 70s and 80s classic hero Brigaider Alisater Gordon Leth-Bridge Stewart)the alien nurses

@TheSixthDoctor 12 лет назад

Future Amy and Rory in Cwmtaff are actually past versions of them from their viewpoint. Hungry Earth/Cold Blood is set in 2020, and in one of this year's episodes (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, I think), Amy mentions that they have been on-and-off travelling with the Doctor for 10 years. Seeing as Amy presumably started travelling with the Doctor in 2010, that's exactly the point in time where they visited Cwmtaff. So maybe they went in vacation there that year? They just happen to visit 2012 last.

@shoogamoogaman 12 лет назад

HOLY CRAP IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE NOW! Im bad at maths thats why i fail to notice!:') Thankyou my friend!

@dragonsideentertainment849 12 лет назад

were amazing in the episode and gave it a kind of Prymaids on Mars feel all you need now is good effects, good zoom-ins and an excellent story plot - wait a minute- Power of Three already has alot of those - it gives the episode a more chilling feeling and i loved how the Cubes were handles, the comedy in the episode was amazing as was the music by Murray Gold

@sketchdcomedy 12 лет назад

19:49 - MATH PUNS!

@peacefulinvasion 12 лет назад

well here are my theories to close the plot hole 1) She could not move because everyone was looking at her. This was just the one time everybody was ignoring her. And I think doctor who seemed to have established any statue can be a stone angel because we get a variety of weeping angels. 2) Once you learn an event in your future it becomes a fixed point. So i'm assuming that Rory and Amy became fixed points as a result. Kind of like Captain Jack. The best the doctor can do now is visit.

@dragonsideentertainment849 12 лет назад

@Pseudodonn7 12 лет назад

AND that's not even my biggest problem with this. This is a big cop-out. They didn't want to kill of the Ponds, they didn't want the Doctor to leave them behind because it's too dangerous (if so, then he couldn't take a new companion for same reasons) They didn't want the Ponds to tell the Doctor "Go Away! or Stop taking us on adventures." And they couldn't drop them in a parallel word... so they made up this silly and easily fixable excuse so they can return for the 50th Anniversary.

@MasterOfGallifrey1 12 лет назад

No, in the graveyard just before Rory is finally taken, he says he could never go back there because the timeline was messed up even more because of the paradox.

@meur123 12 лет назад

Dude, his reviews are way way more in depth than a lot of profession reviews out there. And don't forget this is an episode of Doctor Who, not a movie. I didn't find this review rushed at all.

@ScorpiousDelectus 12 лет назад

There were some explanations that I think you missed MrTardis... The little girl was a relay, there were seven of them. The cubes activated for 47 min because that's how long it took for them to work out the best way of taking out a chunk of the human race. They worked out it was heart attack. The cubes activated for research on killing methods, not to determine whether or not to kill. Heart attack not the best solution, but... eh...

@TANG3RINE95 12 лет назад

cubed is a mathematical term for a number that has been timesed by itself 3 times e.g. 3X3X3=9. That would be 3 cubed. The three of them when together produce a epic team that is much higher than they are by themselves.

@lugiawingsKH 12 лет назад

4:42 oh my god yes! 13:56 the point of the cubes activation was to scan the world to find the best way to kill all the humans, they waited a year to be in all the homes so maximum humans would die, they didn't all die so more cubes were needed, i think the episode should have been two parts and had so much stuff that it couldn't be editted to make sense. also didn't you think the title was slightly irrelevant? i didn't get it. but i still loved the review and look forward to more.

@MrTARDIS 12 лет назад

Then why did you click on a review?

@darkbatMori 12 лет назад

I loved the build up to this, it's like they did what Miracle Day was trying to do and yet SO much better and without spending endless tedious episodes, but also without it seeming rushed. I loved the emotional stuff too,but then the whole thing seemed to grind to a screeching halt with that dumb anticlimax. I really wanted this plot to be a 2 parter. The season's only 5 episodes for some reason, why couldn't it be longer and let this be a 2 parter? Also, I really hope next week's episode is ok!

@CULater000 12 лет назад

P.S.: Love the use of the "Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart" soundtrack in the credits

@lulubledsoe9876 11 лет назад

Oh God that last line of this episode kills me every time cause its just SO stupid!!

@KingOfTheInterWebs 11 лет назад

Because in the phone call he was essentially told that he didn't go and visit the Brigadier in hospital and well big paradox. As you said crossing his own time line.

@smileyeagle1021 11 лет назад

I know that you review each episode on it's own merits, but this is one case I think it should be viewed as part of a whole. I'd give it a 6/10 because this should have been the first episode rather than Asylum of the Daleks, because this would have been a great set up for the series after this, rather than near the end.

@heatran1919 12 лет назад

Chris Chibnall has written the two best episodes this series so far, while Moffat has written the worst two (if you count the recent christmas special). I feel like I'm in the Bizzaro Universe. If Mark Gatiss's episode ends up being too awesome for my brain to handle, and the midseries finale ends up being shit, I'll fucking cry.

@LaurenceGill2000 11 лет назад

IMO this was a bit of a wedding of river song, so good at the beginning and just made me want more then it just fucked itself up sadly

@TheTerrellking 12 лет назад

the reason cubed means the power of 3 is in maths cubed means 1x1x1 or 2x2x2 ext . so when they say cubed means the power of 3 as in you need 3

@MrTARDIS 12 лет назад

You're not paying me or youtube to watch this video. Whereas you're watching Doctor Who thanks to the money you spend on a TV license. That's the big difference between me rushing a review, and a writer (or editor, whatever happened here) rushing an episode of a popular TV show. I can handle being reviewed. But I found a flaw in your review so I reviewed it right back.

@rohgenextfan 12 лет назад

Thank you. That last sentence did it for me. Just wanted someone to see writers strengths and weaknesses clearly.

@RedellaLGTYAG 12 лет назад

Man, this is easily the best Doctor Who episode, or at least the best since Turn Left. It has the right amount of funny, the right amount of serious, and we get to see the Doctor playing Wii Tennis (which, ironically, i had just gotten into playing...)! What could be more fun then that?! The only complaint people had is that they wished it could be two-parts, but i bet that's so they could get more of this good thing!

@ash356 12 лет назад

Agreed pretty much. The build-up was superb, the pay-off? Not so much. It was really nice to see the Brig's daughter as well - hopefully she'll be a recurring character throughout the present day stories :) Finally, Christmas theme was obvious. I missed the bulbs one to start with, but a few people suggested it was the Christmas lights flickering at the very end. Speaking of which, that 'power of three' line was cheesier than actual cheese.

@dragonsideentertainment849 12 лет назад

here's my thoughts - Power of Three was the best episode for the season so far, with a lot to go for the episode got it’s morals out quickly and nicely and placed the audience in a state of awe through-out the episode’s 45 minute action packed lot, with the cubes being a rela mystery i was suspended in my seat for the entire episode, although the brushing off of the Shakri was not overly good it was made up for by the amazing music and comedy writing from Chris Chibnall who also wrote episode 2:

@darynvoss7883 3 года назад

Probably you are aware that Kate Stewart was first introduced in Downtime, played there by Beverley Cressman.

@ianfromthephilippines 12 лет назад

she not a journalist, she's a travel writer the cube are in a containment pod so. no effect on anyone. i agree with the bad ending anyways, great review!

@Goliath10 12 лет назад

At 15:37 I think I might have an alternate explanation other than bad editing. He banged on the other 3 walls thus eliminating them then realizing that the fourth was the right one, approached it cautiously.

@SmallvillenerdTwo 12 лет назад

Although Angels Manhattan had a couple of plotholes, it was the best way to do it and with the show still geared towards Kids, it has to make the ending bittersweet. Not depressingly sad, but happy sad

@IamWalkingDead1 12 лет назад

@GamerWho no, they are making 5 episodes which will be the mid season finale, the next half will be showed next year.

@aminurrahman1826 6 лет назад

I like to think the cubes didn't kill the humans but slowed down their heartrate enough to keep them alive but kept them unconscious

@veinknamjenbi 12 лет назад

To pompously answer for him, yes. People do care. Actually, Will injects so much of his personality, himself, into these well-thought-out-and-well-executed reviews (which he appears to do mainly on his free time, his own initiative) that, obviously, the audience gets involved. Why is this mysterious to you? The better critics ensconce themselves in the process, and the lesser pretend their process is removed from their personality.

@sketchdcomedy 12 лет назад

This story screams "two-parter." It obviously needed to be given more time. This story would have been WAY better had Part One been the stuff with The Doctor staying with Amy and Rory and Part Two been the actual invasion stuff. The Shakri seemed very interesting, but we didn't have enough to time to explore them. This story would have worked MUCH better as the first one we saw this season since Asylum of the Daleks has the forced divorced plotline and just sort of plops the characters in there.

@SonicUndergroundLOL 12 лет назад

4:49- The Doctor's face... LOL

@Burori1 12 лет назад

Hey Trilbee, I have a question, concerning that one image from months ago of the Doctor and his new companion. Do you think that the outfit he's wearing will be his new outfit for the duration of the season or a one-off thing?

@shoogamoogaman 12 лет назад

Okay that makes sense! But how does cubed mean that?

@longnoseboi 11 лет назад

The cubes waited a year to find out how best to kill the humans...

@dopperuk 12 лет назад

OK! I'm I the only one who found themselves singing the 'Matt Smith Moment of the week' while watching the end credits of this review?

@MrTARDIS 12 лет назад

So you're saying I'm not allowed to share my opinion because I'm trying to organize my youtube videos around a University Schedule, pre-production on my own movie, and writing of my own book? Logic. Who needs it?

@leejones66 12 лет назад

When is your review of The Angels Take Manhattan coming Trilbee been checking for it lol

@robertmcghintheorca49 3 года назад

I wonder if the Doctor can't stand Rick Astley because hearing "Never Gonna Give You Up" reminds him of Rose Tyler.

@QueenMegaera 12 лет назад

"... more holes in it than a piece of cheese that's been riddled with bullets ..." Yeah, I know, pointless comment, but ... I just love that image. I might just start using that expression, if you don't mind.

@chrischibird 12 лет назад

Amy and Rory went on and off with the doctor many times, obviously they visited the village in the Hungry Earth during one of those times.

@stokeroo96 12 лет назад

in the episode the news women says that hospitals are working nurse the survivors of cardiac arrest back to health, so some people did die, so the whole thing about them coming back to life was wrong

@rohgenextfan 12 лет назад

And I can't forgive Moffat for making The Doctor marry someone who could have been his daughter. To each his or her own.

@MrTARDIS 12 лет назад

Believe it or not, I like to think i'm a human being first and a critic second.

@humanpride123ko 12 лет назад

Yeah. It's not like The Doctor explained that he could never go back to New York because it'll destroy New York or anything like that. But in all seriousness the things wrong with the episode are 1. They didn't explain the statue of liberty 2. Why are the future Amy and Rory in the village of Cwmtaff in the hungry earth? Random Person: They might of moved there! Me: Then why not go there and pick them up?

@thelonelion 11 лет назад

You, good sir, have just gained another fan. Good job

@PotterGal394 12 лет назад

Random thought, in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, Amy mentions that she gave up her modeling job. So Chibnall did connect some of it.

@UsernameCaliss 12 лет назад

I agree that both the cube plot set up and the "revelation" didn't really fit together as a whole but the Shakri and their Tally beliefs was pretty badass. Basically neutral judges of the universe that tally the good and bad. The line where the doctor says they were Time Lord bed time stories hints they judge(d) Time Lords too, which imo is pretty cool. Felt like the plot and villain weren't originally meant to be together, fuse an amazing intro to a good ending and yea call it a show.

@alexturlais8558 7 лет назад

UsernameCaliss I'd have loved them to explore it more, so it Kinda sucks.

@shoogamoogaman 12 лет назад

Hey TARDIS! I was hoping you'd answer this in your review but, anyway! Could you please explain the meaning of the title of this episode? It's probably because I'm thick and I missed something incredibly important but, why was it called 'The Power of Three'? And how does 'Cubed' mean that?! I'm sorry but just felt that the only reason for the title was that so Amy could have some kind of cheesy speech at the end? It just didn't make sense to me!:/

@DCMfilmsProduction 11 лет назад

I think the cubes waited for a year so the human's would execpt them as a part of life and bring them into their homes, so the cubes could strike.

@KingOfTheInterWebs 11 лет назад

Can someone remind me of the point of the box mouthed servants? Yeah they took those people on board... why? I was geninely scared of these guys because I thought: 'Are people getting turned into lethal monsters? D:' turns out they were just plot devices for a point in the plot they seemed to have forgotten about.

@IamWalkingDead1 12 лет назад

I just realized something... Amy becoming a writer/journalist was made only for the end scene of angels take manhattan... I am starting to really hate the last episode.

@Zenocrate 12 лет назад

I care. That double narrative - and your acute, intelligent reviews - remind me of some of the elements that make Dr Kermode the best film critic. Keep doing what you're doing. ;-)

@sbi168 4 года назад

Pretty fair review. I would say a 7. It has faults but they don't get in the way of the main heart ie team tardis. How do you hate flesh and stone?

@rjmorrison7039 2 года назад

I personally love flesh and stone but it's very different than the angels first outing. I can get why someone whose a big fan of blink would not care for it

@MagiciteKefka 11 лет назад

I like to think that the guy getting fired in the Apprentice is Craig from Lodger/Closing Time.

@salinss 9 лет назад

Mabye the docter was only affected by the cube because ....he's ...a timelord?....

@ShadySadie29 12 лет назад

Oh, sex gas, I almost forgot about the sex gas. Though in fairness, sex gas was still a hell of a lot better than miracle day

@wcoleman99 12 лет назад

actually i was thinking the shakri looked more like darth vader when luke pulled the helmet off when he was dying

@TheEmmaHouli 12 лет назад

I don't think the Doctor Who movie thing is happening, it was just a rumour, and even if it was happening, the rumour had it that David Slade (is that his name?) will be doing it

@arifakyuz7673 8 лет назад

The cube played the Chicken Song, not Never Gonna Give You Up, you Rick Rolling Ba****d!

@P0rtalTardis 12 лет назад

The chicken dance looping box (The chicken box) was already funny is it is but you made it funnier

@maynards35 12 лет назад

I think this was intended to be a double but they decided in the last minute to cut it in half.

@peacefulinvasion 12 лет назад

I hate to say this but i'm a bit bummed out there wasn't more of Rory's dad in the entire series. Rory seems to be blessed with this awesome dad and we only see two episodes of him? =3= Talk about bullshit. I wanna see more of him.

@rohgenextfan 12 лет назад

Plot holes are numerous in Moffat's work as well **cough**Asylum of the Daleks**cough**. And, Moffat's stories were better under RTD. His stories under RTD were far better than the stuff he's putting out now. Sherlock is, hands down, the better show.

@allenjacobs 12 лет назад

the entire series worked for big stories but the stories just wernt long enough the endings have been somewhat rushed in my opinion for most episodes because they have such big stories they deserve to be longer

@GamerWho 12 лет назад

I read that it was the BBC's decision and Moffat only went along with it. These standalone episodes do my head in. The quality is so hit and miss. I wish they'd give some of the ideas some breathing space.

@iceonightmares 12 лет назад

Have to admit: love the Rickroll cube. Sort of makes me wonder about the Trash and Relative Dimension in Space

@rohgenextfan 12 лет назад

I feel Gatiss wrote possibly the best episode in Sherlock. "The Hound of Baskerville" is better written than the episodes written by Moffat. It's not bizarro world, perhaps Moffat really isn't such a great writer when RTD isn't helping him out?

@Pseudodonn7 12 лет назад

Ah, I can already tell what Trillbe's gonna hate in the next episode. The Statue of Liberty. (SPOILER) The other thing is the plot hole in how the Doctor can never see them again. Of course he can! It's just too risky to bring them on adventures... and hey, there isn't a paradox as long as the tombstone is there before they arrive. Wiz bang boom, Rory and Amy can return to their lives in modern day or resume traveling with the Doctor. TSK!

@Megafreakx3 12 лет назад

Just want to point out that steven moffat have alot on this plate right now with the Doctor who movie coming out next year, Sherlock and serie 8. And a writer can have a few not so good pieces and still be a good writer

@heatran1919 12 лет назад

Gatiss has written the most consistantly bad episodes in Doctor Who since Moffat's run as lead. Night Terrors. Victory of the Daleks. Even his works for the show before that weren't really the creme of the crop. Maybe Sci-fi isn't his thing, as he has a habit of not explaining anything (gavity bubbles, face stealing and peg dolls) and solving problems with the power of love (the oblivion bomb android and the resolution of Night Terrors).

@Stephie2007 11 лет назад

4:44 Amy Pond gets RickRoll'd XD

@peacefulinvasion 12 лет назад

True but we know nothing on his opinions on Donna Noble and Martha Jones. Especially considering Donna was one of my favorites.

@thedocbat 12 лет назад

Some get left behind... Some leave... And some of them... die.

@natlyt 11 лет назад

The cubes waited a year because then the people would take them in

@peacefulinvasion 12 лет назад

I'm kind of curious. We know you like amy and rory and hate rose, however what is your opinion on the other companions in doctor who?

@MrTARDIS 12 лет назад

What you on about?

@ShadySadie29 12 лет назад

Meh, it was pretty stupid, but I would probably put it in the 'so bad it's good' category rather than saying it was straight out bad. if you don't take it seriously it's actually pretty damn funny, it made for some great one liners from Jack

@MikeDragon 12 лет назад

Yeah, this episode got me a bit disappointed as well. Not saying it was bad, on the contrary. But I am glad to know I am not the only one to think that it had a very weak ending. It felt really rushed to me. The previous ones were rushed IMO too but not as much as this one.

@allenjacobs 12 лет назад

this season would of been better as mostly 2 part stories, although i liked asylum it would of worked better as a 2 part story or even a classic story with 4 parts or more, same with this episode it should of been a two parter with the first part ending when the doctor ends up with one heart working and most of episode 2 being the doctor with one heart trying to find the ship and getting to know the brigs daughter as well , altho angels take manhatten could be a two parter in my opinion as well