Dr Who

[andrewducker]

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.

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[bracknellexile.livejournal.com]

It was a Mark Gatiss episode. I really wasn't expecting much, especially when you're trying to do a Dalek story in 42 minutes as a single-parter (have the Daleks had a one-episode story before now?)

Gatiss seems much better at writing dark comedy (i.e. League of Gentlemen) rather than Dr Who (this is only his third episode after The Unquiet Dead and The Idiot Lantern). I don't mind the tendency the new series seems to have towards asking the audience to suspend their disbelief just that little bit more than before, but Gatiss went just a bit too far with the inconsistencies this time.

Still, if that's the filler in the series, then overall it'll be a good year. Angels next week :)

[andrewducker]

Yeah, a 2-parter would have been better.

And I totally agree. If that's the worst it's going to get, then I'm going to be very happy!