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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2010-04-18 10:35 pm

Dr Who

I actually liked it quite a lot - except for one bit.

I've basically plonked the Moffat Dr Who as "Well written kid's TV" - more obviously so than RTDs - and thus I don't require things to make _actual_ sense, just to be vaguely internally consistent to the same level as, say, fairy-tales.

This being the case I could have done with a bloody explanation of why having the android recall his human side would any effect on his blowing up! Spitfires in Space, though, I was fine with. Possibly this was because I'd seen them in the trailer though.

Julie, on the other hand, just wanted Ms Pond to stab the Dr with a flagpole and then steal the box to have adventures by herself. Heck, she could even pick up a companion of her own if she fancied it.

[identity profile] momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com 2010-04-19 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure how it's more kiddy than, say, New Earth, where the Doctor magically cures everybody by mixing lots of different colours together.

At least Moffat managed to write a farewell scene that didn't take a third of the damn episode; though the real test of that will be next fortnight's two parter.

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/weevil_/ 2010-04-19 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe it's my bias towards Matt Smith but I've never sat there thinking "this is ONLY a kids show and nothing more" before.

[identity profile] broin.livejournal.com 2010-04-19 12:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I've had exactly the opposite reaction. =)

Like exactly the opposite. This is the first of the new series that felt like it was at least furtively struggling towards entertaining and intriguing the adults.