Doctor Who. Should I continue watching?
So, IMHO last nights Doctor Who was seriously lacking.
Maybe it's because in college I'm studying WW2 so was subconsciously expecting a lot. If that's the case and you disagree then fair enough - please do so :)
I've been having a hard time adjusting to Matt Smith's Doctor. I still have my "Tennant head" on and lets face it for anybody following him ( Read more... )
Maybe it's because in college I'm studying WW2 so was subconsciously expecting a lot. If that's the case and you disagree then fair enough - please do so :)
I've been having a hard time adjusting to Matt Smith's Doctor. I still have my "Tennant head" on and lets face it for anybody following him ( Read more... )
What you mention in the beginning, about this being a WWII episode,... I'm inclined to agree. Mainly because we've already been there, we've had an episode set in the London Blitz, and frankly, The Empty Child/TDD did it better.
I'm OK with the Daleks returning. The explanation was flimsy and nothing new, but I can live with that because I know the Daleks have to be a part of Who (even though I wish they would've been introduced somewhat later in the series). Their design? Eh, LOL. Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Daleks is all I'm sayin'. Though I did appreciate it that they escaped with everyone knowing they did, because then there actually IS a reason for the to pop up later.
I was bothered by the plot-holes, and the fact that this episode seemed to have no direction but to introduce pretty but powerful new Daleks. That android could've been good if not for the LAME bomb defusing - all I could think was "oh look it's THE POWER OF LOVE!", and while that is an underlying element of the show, usually it gets played out a lot more elegantly and they at least pretend having some scientific background.
I actually really liked Matt's acting in this episode, I just think the writing gave him a really bad premise to show off his new Doctor. The plot was so weak, he probably couldn't have done more.
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Totally agree - I may be bias based on my love for Nine though.
LAME bomb defusing
AGREED! It was so.. stupid, it didn't make any sense what-so-ever to me.
no direction but to introduce pretty but powerful new Daleks
They could have done so much more. It saddens me :(
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But my love for Nine and the Nine/Rose shippy stuff aside (which I loved, but let's pretend it never happened) - it still stands stronger.
Basically, TEC/TDD told a story. It was a heart-breaking story, it addressed the deepest of emotions and integrated contemporary issues, like the gang of children who are lost and in order to survive, they have to salvage homes during the air raids. One of the appeals of that two-parter has always been the way I can relate to it and feel like I'm watching a programme that knows what it's doing.
Victory of the Daleks had the disadvantage that it was not a two-parter, but if you want to go down that road and have a very special setting, then just do it right. TEC/TDD did, and VotD didn't. :/
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I totally agree with everything you said about TEC/TDD. It's one of my favorite episodes and has everything I want out of DW: an emotional story, drama, *cough* Captain Jack Harkness, and of course the shippyness.
Alas, VotD has neither drama nor an emotional story. :/
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