The_Silversword
Explorer
I thought it was alright for a "filler" episode.
Honestly, if they wanted to make the TARDIS not an option for breaking into the vault, their best move would be to make the vault actually TARDIS-proof, and thus scarily high-tech.
I liked the NPCS, I mean, Cy (Borg?)
(I'm not worried about whether the tardis could be used at that particular moment. They've prohibited the tardis for various reasons before and I'm over that now. We know that he can and did use the tardis to get into the vaults to plant cases of various stuff prior to the actual heist; he just had to do something different at the moment when he could free the creature)
Huh. That makes the TARDIS a bit rubbish!
Isn't there a problem of cause and effect?
After all, the doctor instigates the rescue by giving Madama Karabraxos his number during the rescue?
I thought the solar storm was strange; why put a bank in such a vulnerable location?
And the doctor, hating? I would expect him to temper that a bit.
Note that the Doctor *frequently* has issues landing the TARDIS at the exact time and place he desires. Always has.
Him not having full control certainly used to be a major part of the show. It's not really a current thing, though.
But being blocked by a solar flare just seems a bit... pedestrian... for the most advanced race in the entire universe.