Doctor Who Review: The Magician's Apprentice – 7 Ways To Weigh The Wages Of Sin
3. Wrath
Davros’ entire life is defined by war. It is all he knows. Rather than attempt to broaden his knowledge of the universe he turns inward. He seeks to impose his experience on others rather than opening up to different viewpoints. Tyrants are small men. They live in tiny rooms. They build tanks not just to keep the world out but themselves in. Davros feels betrayed by life itself and his anger turns cold and clinical. He is like a surgeon trying to cut out all the bad parts without realizing he is the disease.
Davros doesn’t want to kill the Doctor he wants to hurt him. He wants to make him suffer. Though as Missy has a vortex manipulator and Clara’s is slaved to hers it’s more likely they simply teleported inside the TARDIS and escaped. Is the reemergence of Skaro a set up for a series wide arc? Is the Doctor’s mission to prevent another Time War? Will this prevent him from bringing back his own planet? “Magician’s Apprentice” resonates with intriguing possibilities.