This episode was a weird one for me.  I usually really love Steven Moffat’s episodes, and I didn’t love this one, so that was strange.  But I didn’t hate it either.  I was absorbed while watching, but as soon as it ended the annoying parts started to dominate my reaction.  So definitely a mixed bag of good and bad elements for me.  To begin with ( Read more... )

Hey, now that was a lot more enjoyable.  I don’t know if part two was actually objectively better than part one, but I did have more fun watching it.

Sylvia and the axe!  It was pretty obvious how this not especially suspenseful “cliffhanger” would be resolved, but I was glad that it was Sylvia who got to break open that windshield.  She may be a ( Read more... )

I know, I'm skipping Planet of the Ood, which I really loved -- it was an awesome episode and I will write about it at some point, hopefully. Until then, rusty-halo says it all here better than I could. Read her, she's great.

( The Sontaran Strategem )

 
Generally, I love the second episodes of the DW series - Tooth & Claw and The Shakespeare Code are two of my favorites.  And now I have a new favorite to add to the list, which is pretty awesome.

Unlike those first two, though, FoP comes complete with questions of morality - something that the series doesn’t generally bring on until later in the ( Read more... )

rusty-halo calls me out for liking the Second Doctor here. And yes, it's true. A little strange, but true.

( Here's why )