Michelle Gomez

In a season that has been pretty great so far, “A Bitter Pill to Swallow” chokes at the plate, in a way that just does not rank up to the level best that Gotham has had to offer lately.

Showrunner Steven Moffat has stayed away from two-parters for a while, but as is traditional for Doctor Who, a new Doctor means a fresh start for the show and it’s only fitting that the Twelfth Doctor get the same two-parter blowout end-of-first-series as his predecessors. After a season of teases, Missy is revealed as the latest regeneration of the Master (Missy being a shortening of the Mistress) and she’s come to Earth to turn the entire population of the planet, current and former, into a massive army for the Doctor, so they can be buddies in universal domination. As far as plans go, it makes sense for the Master, even if it is a bit disappointing. Michelle Gomez is fun in the role, particularly in “Death in Heaven*,” but seeing the Master reduced to an agent of chaos, rather than someone with a particular agenda or motivation all their own, feels more appropriate for a mid-season romp than a season-ending two-parter.

  Earlier today the official Doctor Who Twitter tweeted this picture of Cybermen on the set of Doctor Who season eight, and the BBC announced that Michelle Gomez (pictured on the right of Peter Capaldi) will be joining the cast as the Gatekeeper of the Nethersphere. Michelle Gomez is best known for her role as a …