1/10/2023 0 Comments Dr. who sleep no more![]() He, therefore, deduces that the Sandmen (sleep monsters) are doing the filmed observation. ![]() ![]() The Doctor also takes note that they are being filmed, but there are no cameras to be seen anywhere. There were lots of walks down dark corridors, but these were no more frightening to me than a five-and-dime haunted house, despite the attempt at creating fear through lighting and color. Lapsing into Confusionįrom here the rest is downhill, fuzzy, and as confusing as the dark, sketchy, low-lit scenes. It was the Doctor who discerned that the monsters are comprised of sleep matter and that the more traditional sleep missed, the more monsters created. Character development for the rescue team on board is minimal to non-existent in “Sleep No More,” with Chopra being the one individual where we see any type of real development at all. He explains his invention at the Doctor’s request, to be lectured by the Doctor, whose chastisement is endorsed by Chopra and Clara. Shortening the scene without full overview, they find that one of the pods is occupied by Rassmussen, who appears to be frightened by the monsters on board the ship. I would, eventually, miss my nighttime slumber, because most nights crawling into the boat of my bed and sailing into “Morpheus’ arms” is bliss. In all honestly, there are many days that would come in handy. Clara dazzles us (yes, you may read that as sarcastic) with her mythological knowledge: “Morpheus? Named after the god of dreams?” This was followed by a self-aggrandizing (meant to be funny) gestural acknowledgement that she was not “just another pretty face.” In sci-fi, I’ll take my Morpheus the “ Matrix” way, thank you.įor a nano-second though, how many of us wished that we could crawl into a pod, sleep minutes, and feel as energized as if we had slept 8 hours. The Doctor and Clara, in the company of a team sent to investigate why the ship went silent and as rescue mission for the crew, find a row of Morpheus pods. (Not to mention that corporations can take further advantage of employee work hours if they require far less sleep.) While needing less sleep may be an interesting idea to flirt with, the Doctor points out that our dance with sleep each night is necessary to sound health. The theory is that it will be much easier to burn the candle at both ends if an individual need not waste hours upon hours in shut-eye. ![]() Morpheus, in this instance, is a machine that condenses a night’s sleep into short five-minute bursts. He opens the episode speaking on video about the horrors that have occurred on the ship. I tried to give Gatiss credit for the unique aspect of creating a monster from sleep matter that gathers in the eye, but alas, as the episode progressed any attempt waned. The story is set in the 38 th century and includes grunts, who are beings grown and cultivated to be of low-intelligence and to respond to physical attack as “soldiers.” There are those who truly liked the episode and did, indeed, find it scary. However, I gave the ep the benefit of the doubt and earnestly searched for the gold or at least a silver lining. “Sleep No More” is another base under siege story, which we saw earlier this year in the two-parter “ Under the Lake/ Before the Flood.” From that viewpoint alone, I started off with a ho-hum I just saw this feeling. His last Who offering as writer was “ Robot of Sherwood,” which was also not a favorite of this writer, though far more palatable than “Sleep No More.” Mark Gatiss‘ “Sleep No More” disappoints in a way that we have not yet been disappointed during Series 9. “You must not watch this,” Rassmussen told us. We were warned up front in the opening frames. If you can’t say anything nice, then don’t say anything at all, right? If I followed that adage, the rest of this review would be mostly white space. Nods to Shakespeare and Charles Dickens are not enough to save “Sleep No More” from its obscurity when even the Doctor says “None of this makes sense.” Stunned silence as the final scene blinks to black should not be a surprise.
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