Doctor Who: Army of Ghosts

[secretive_bus]

I must admit, my interest in the new series has waned over the past several weeks; it just didn't excite me anymore. The Impossible Satan Pit was a good story overall but, for some reason, just didn't grab me in the same way that the episodes earlier on had done so. Then after a monumentally awful episode (sorry, Love & Monsters may still be the

Comments

[magic_wanderer]

Fully agree with your review of the episode - especially the comedy and the Doctorishness of Tennant.

That said, I still think Love & Monsters is ok with some brilliant moments (and a dodgy ending) and Fear Her was a fine potboiler even if they were less than stellar.

[nealdouglas]

Agree totally. I loved it, my interest was waning too, luckily I haven't agreed to work Saturday yet, and there is no chance of that now, though I didn't dislike Fear Her thought it was average Doctor Who fare and I maintain that Love & Monsters is the worst Doctor Who ever, if not the worst TV ever.

[notdan]

Generally, I agree with you 100%, though you get points knocked off for not praising Tracy Ann Overlord ;)

I'd also be very surprised if Rose actually dies - the production team have been so heavy-handed about it for the last few episodes, it'd actually be really anti-climactic. Plus, it'd mean she's been narrating the episode FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE!!!!

[mmcirvin]

My favorite thing about the episode was that it strongly reinforced my own personal bit of retroactive fanwank: that Torchwood was fighting a secret turf war with UNIT through the Pertwee era, and that we actually saw a Torchwood operative doing his thing in The Claws of Axos.