As such,Sleep No Moreplays with structure, story and format.
Its a found footage episode, anchored by guest star Reece Shearsmith, from the pen of Mark Gatiss.
The basic setup sees the Doctor and Clara land on the Le Verrier Space Station.
In doing so,Doctor Whopresents its first ever found footage episode.
In fact, writer Mark Gatiss argues that television hasnt really done found footage before.
Director Justin Molotnikov too keeps a tight, claustrophobic tone to whats before his camera.
The trade off is its sometimes quite tricky to work out just whats happening, and going on.
That said, for me, this one didnt really gel.
Furthermore, Gatiss wit shines through to punctuate the horror.
But come the end credits, the final result didnt feel that satisfying to me Im afraid.
There are positives, certainly, and much to talk about when we get to the spoiler-review.
Sleep No More, though, takes an ambitious shot, but doesnt quite hit the target.
Thats a far better state of affairs than taking the safe route, mind…
