Doctor Who: Series 7 - A Town Called Mercy

Doctor Who does Wild West! I thought this was a good episode centring around a cyborg known as the Gunslinger whose hunting down the last of its creators in a wild west American town.

I thought it looked stylised with the great Spanish landscape acting as the desert of the wild west. The inclusion of well known western traits are also a good addition to a rather more darker story. I thought it was interesting by having a question about morality in war with the character of Kahler-Jex who could be seen as either a war hero or criminal, and this is added to by Amy's support of him and her confrontation with the Doctor to stop him causing Jex's death.

One thing I wasn't sure of was how angry the Doctor seemed and how it felt like it was out of the blue, especially with him condoning a murder and threatening to use a gun, and then tell one of the townspeople that violence isn't the solution to violence. Although it could be seen as a kind of climax in the character as he had previously shown a lack of morality towards Solomon in the last episode. Also maybe more then 5 episodes would do at the moment because it kind of seems like we're rushing through to the end of the Ponds. But maybe this is Steven Moffatt's intention and this would be better seen in retrospect after the final episodes.

However, I like it overall and think that Toby Whithouse's script was good and witty. I thought Adrian Scarborough was great as Jex and Karen Gillan took her moment to shine, which was played well against Matt Smith's strong performance.