Penelope Wilton, John Barrowman. A loud, frantic episode jam-packed with exciting guest characters. And not much else.
The story, for example, goes nowhere. Which get very frustrating about half-way through. Self-indulgent. 7/10
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Showing posts with label Catherine Tate. Show all posts
So cool to see these three in the same episode of Doctor Who. Of...
So cool to see these three in the same episode of Doctor Who. Of course, they shared no screentime… (Bear in mind I’ve not see Rose Tyler since July 12th, 2009)
Doctor Who 30.11
Billie Piper. A fascinating and very clever story that works on many levels. On one level it’s a character study of Donna Noble and - in some ways - we learn more about her in this hour than we did all season. It’s also an insight into the ordinary world that surrounds The Doctor. In the latter half we get to see a world gone wrong, as it were, but in the first half we see how the ‘normal’ people view these outrageous events from a distance. Events that we see up close every week. Finally, by using Rose the script drops hints about a bigger story that seems to be unfolding behind the scenes. A story that, one would assume, is about to come to fruition. 10/10
Doctor Who 30.9
Colin Salmon. Possibly even better than part 1, because it has to answer all the questions raised. And boy, does it ever! The writer (Steven Moffat) manages not only to resolve everything already up and running, but to establish brand new ideas as well (for instance, Donna gets a major story arc for this episode). Remarkably, there is more to this than the chunks of techno-babble required to provide an ending. We also get what appears to be the beginning/ending of a beautiful love story. Can’t wait to see more. 10/10
Doctor Who 30.6
Georgia Moffett, Nigel Terry. Basic chase story, with a few nice ideas in the mix. Including the gimmick of our hero having a ‘daughter’.
Something which is sadly underused and leads to a very pointless ending where she dies… But then turns out to not be dead, after all. 7/10
Doctor Who 30.3
Tim McInnerny. Suspenseful and action-packed. Dark, violent story, with lots of depth and meaning. Visually impressive. In many ways, it is structured like classic DW, with humans trapped at some remote location, surrounded by aliens.
Catherine Tate is simply fantastic, it must be said, and the non-stop banter between The Doctor and Donna is a delight. 9/10
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