Alessandro Pavolini Pavolini was captured after a desperate escape attempt which saw him swimming across Lake Como and then trapped in a Mexican standoff over a half submerged rock. When Pavolini ran out of bullets, he was finally apprehended and executed by the partisans in Dongo. Before burial, his body was hung upside down in public, along with Mussolini, Mussolini's mistress Clara Petacci, the former Party Secretary Achille Starace, Nicola Bombacci and others in Piazzale Loreto, Milan. Alessandro Pavolini Alessandro Pavolini (September 27, 1903 – April 28, 1945) was an Italian politician, journalist, and essayist, notable for his involvement in the Fascist
The Woman Who Lived of the episode including the parallels between the Doctor and Me, the exploration of Me's past and Clara's mysterious absence from the story. Ross Ruediger of "Vulture.com" also responded positively to the episode, particularly praising "the complex back and forth between the Doctor and Ashildr/Lady Me" as "remarkable". He also praised Ed Bazalgette's direction and ultimately awarded the episode four stars out of five. Patrick Mulkern of Radio Times also awarded the episode four stars out of five, calling it "a dark and beautiful study of immortality and short lives". He especially acclaimed the episode's visual style, saying "The first