The Next Doctor - Episode Review
Hope you all had a great Christmas (if you celebrate it)!
What did you think of The Next Doctor?
I quite liked it.
It was fun, daft in places, but overall enjoyable if you didn't take it too seriously. But I find that's the best way to watch Doctor Who anyway. It is, after all, a kids' show.
- I love David Morrissey, ever since I saw him in Blackpool, even though he was slimy and arrogant. He had great enemy-chemistry with Tennant then, and it's even better when they're friendly towards each other and getting along. So I really like Jackson Lake as a character. I knew he wasn't going to be a Time Lord (iz proud), and I liked the explanation they gave for him thinking he was the Doctor.
- DM played a great, pompous, arrogant 'Doctor' and at the same time he was convincingly able to switch from full of himself and ordering the Doctor about to vulnerable and caressing the Doctor's face. ;D Just the same as the real Doctor (without the face fondling obviously). I wouldn't have minded if he was the real Doctor.
- Rosita. Loved the character. Hated the name. Rusty, we get it, you love Rose, get over it.
- Miss Hartigan was a fascinating character who I would've loved to know more about, it's a pity she exploded after screaming at the Cybermen a bit.
- The Cyber King - cross between the Iron Giant and the giant gingerbread man off Shrek 2 Y/N? Okay, so that bit was daft, and probably a bit unnecessary, but I kinda liked it.
- Since when was having companions the only reason for the Doctor to live? Doesn't the Doctor enjoy travelling the Universe and exploring new worlds and seeing new things? Four managed fine in The Deadly Assassin without a companion, and he wasn't all emo and 'life isn't worth living any more'. Sure, the Doctor's lost the Time Lords and his planet, but he wasn't that fond of it anyway, they only called him in to do their dirty work.
I know the point is that we can't even begin to understand the pain caused by losing your entire species, but the Doctor is a survivor, he moves on, however much he's lost. He DOES NOT go all emo and suicidal. He still has a reason to live. In fact, now that he's the last one, he's got more reason to live.
Am I being insensitive? Don't know what I'm talking about? Probably. But I hate the whole Time War arc if it means it changes who the Doctor is. I know, I know, I've got no room to talk; I only started watching Who in 2005, but since then I've gone back and watched quite a few Classic episodes, and now I prefer Classic Doctors to New ones simply because they've got less epic pain. Give me Three bitching about the Master over Ten crying about how they're the only ones left any day.
/rant
- So yeah, despite my ranting, I did actually enjoy this episode. Like I said, enjoyable, great chemistry between the two leads, great supporting cast, I give it 4/5.
Not completely unrelated note: I got a Doctor/Master mood theme made by schattengrafik ! Yay!
What did you think of The Next Doctor?
I quite liked it.
It was fun, daft in places, but overall enjoyable if you didn't take it too seriously. But I find that's the best way to watch Doctor Who anyway. It is, after all, a kids' show.
- I love David Morrissey, ever since I saw him in Blackpool, even though he was slimy and arrogant. He had great enemy-chemistry with Tennant then, and it's even better when they're friendly towards each other and getting along. So I really like Jackson Lake as a character. I knew he wasn't going to be a Time Lord (iz proud), and I liked the explanation they gave for him thinking he was the Doctor.
- DM played a great, pompous, arrogant 'Doctor' and at the same time he was convincingly able to switch from full of himself and ordering the Doctor about to vulnerable and caressing the Doctor's face. ;D Just the same as the real Doctor (without the face fondling obviously). I wouldn't have minded if he was the real Doctor.
- Rosita. Loved the character. Hated the name. Rusty, we get it, you love Rose, get over it.
- Miss Hartigan was a fascinating character who I would've loved to know more about, it's a pity she exploded after screaming at the Cybermen a bit.
- The Cyber King - cross between the Iron Giant and the giant gingerbread man off Shrek 2 Y/N? Okay, so that bit was daft, and probably a bit unnecessary, but I kinda liked it.
- Since when was having companions the only reason for the Doctor to live? Doesn't the Doctor enjoy travelling the Universe and exploring new worlds and seeing new things? Four managed fine in The Deadly Assassin without a companion, and he wasn't all emo and 'life isn't worth living any more'. Sure, the Doctor's lost the Time Lords and his planet, but he wasn't that fond of it anyway, they only called him in to do their dirty work.
I know the point is that we can't even begin to understand the pain caused by losing your entire species, but the Doctor is a survivor, he moves on, however much he's lost. He DOES NOT go all emo and suicidal. He still has a reason to live. In fact, now that he's the last one, he's got more reason to live.
Am I being insensitive? Don't know what I'm talking about? Probably. But I hate the whole Time War arc if it means it changes who the Doctor is. I know, I know, I've got no room to talk; I only started watching Who in 2005, but since then I've gone back and watched quite a few Classic episodes, and now I prefer Classic Doctors to New ones simply because they've got less epic pain. Give me Three bitching about the Master over Ten crying about how they're the only ones left any day.
/rant
- So yeah, despite my ranting, I did actually enjoy this episode. Like I said, enjoyable, great chemistry between the two leads, great supporting cast, I give it 4/5.
Not completely unrelated note: I got a Doctor/Master mood theme made by schattengrafik ! Yay!