Doctor Who Review: Face The Raven – 8 Ways To Compound The Crime
6. Judge And Jury
Ashildr is another representation of what happens when our need for control blinds us to the reality and morality of a situation. She is unable to stem the tide of losses she must endure through her long life and rather than accepting that she tries to control her traitorous emotions by devolving into a petty tyrant. She is an agent of misdirection as she presents herself as a force for good while she murders someone over a minor infraction in a hollow bid to maintain the peace. Somewhere along the way Ashildr decided to play god and it changed her. She calls herself Me as a mark of her self absorption. She learns how to lie to herself. She betrays the Doctor while proclaiming she never meant to hurt anyone and does not see the contradiction. Writer Sarah Dollard makes a stark comment on capital punishment when Ashildr admits to sentencing Rigsy to assuage the masses rather than because she believes in his guilt.
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