The episode begins with a bit of a back story for Clara and her leaf (which we saw in the last episode) which sees how her parents got married, her birth and (slight spoiler alert) how she lost her mother, as well as some truly inspiring words that her mother told her long ago. And The Doctor witnesses it all happening (which is kinda creepy if you think about it) he then returns to the present day to pick up Clara which is then followed by all the usual stuff that every companion does on their first trip on the Tardis and then Clara gets the Doctor to take here somewhere awesome. In this case, it's the Rings of Akhaten, a series of planetoids that orbit a giant gas one which has a pyramid on it and they somehow get involved with the tradition of the Queen of Years, doing some sort of song that keeps a creature dubbed "grandfather" asleep, which ends badly so the Doctor and Clara are forced to help out, before anything bad happens.
So as with before, I would like to address a few continuity errors which haven't been addressed yet which as of now, is just the one and that is that in the scene of Clara and her father looking at her mother's grave, the father looks as if he hasn't aged a bit since the previous scene which may lead to people questioning it. I don't think its a big issue as such but I just wanted to address it. Now as for the episode, it's not as great as the previous one, it has a lot of references to Star Wars in it and most people would mistaken it for an opera, more than a Doctor Who story. But I did enjoy it, despite it being mostly boring for the most part and its does remind us a lot of Rose Tyler's first trip to the future in series 1. 8/10
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