Who's The Daddy
Well I have had a few hours to think about the episode of the new Doctor Who series, and the more I think about it the more I like it.
To be fair, it must have been a bitch of an episode to write - the series has been off the screens for ages so the first episode had to "grab" a new audience (and fill them in on who the Doctor is, introduce things like the TARDIS) whilst still pleasing the existing fan base.. Oh and seeing as you cannot just have an episode introducing characters you'd better have a story in there too. I wouldn't have fancied that. All too easy to write a turkey of "Phantom Menace" proportions. Thankfully I'm not a screenwriter (and probably never will be) and Russell T. Davis is, and he's a great one at that.
Gonna try not to give too much away, but here are some non-spoiler opinions.
Christopher Ecclestone will be a fabulous Doctor.. This episode zips along at such a pace that it doesn't give much time for the character to breathe in this episode, but it does serve up enough screen time to seriously hint at just how good he will be.
They've thrown some money at production values!!! So the camera work, sets and special effects don't look shite. Okay it's not a multi-million effects budget (a la Hollywood, or the more expensive US TV shows) but what's there works.. well.. gone are the monsters made out of Baco-foil and bubble wrap anyway! The interior of the TARDIS is fantastic too.
It does have a "darker" edge (as opposed to the campness and, at times, positively comical approaches of the last few series), but it's still a family show..
There's humour, but not inappropriate (or, worse, unintentional) mainly generated by the fact that the Doctor is back to being his best know-it-all, smug self :)
Oh and the theme tune is familiar as is the exterior of the TARDIS (and, yes, the noise when it materialises/dematerialises is the same too!!). Best of all is the return of the sonic screwdriver - about fooking time!!
I really enjoyed it (as you might be able to tell), finally a BBC1 show (not originally on BBC THREE) that's worth watching!
To be fair, it must have been a bitch of an episode to write - the series has been off the screens for ages so the first episode had to "grab" a new audience (and fill them in on who the Doctor is, introduce things like the TARDIS) whilst still pleasing the existing fan base.. Oh and seeing as you cannot just have an episode introducing characters you'd better have a story in there too. I wouldn't have fancied that. All too easy to write a turkey of "Phantom Menace" proportions. Thankfully I'm not a screenwriter (and probably never will be) and Russell T. Davis is, and he's a great one at that.
Gonna try not to give too much away, but here are some non-spoiler opinions.
Christopher Ecclestone will be a fabulous Doctor.. This episode zips along at such a pace that it doesn't give much time for the character to breathe in this episode, but it does serve up enough screen time to seriously hint at just how good he will be.
They've thrown some money at production values!!! So the camera work, sets and special effects don't look shite. Okay it's not a multi-million effects budget (a la Hollywood, or the more expensive US TV shows) but what's there works.. well.. gone are the monsters made out of Baco-foil and bubble wrap anyway! The interior of the TARDIS is fantastic too.
It does have a "darker" edge (as opposed to the campness and, at times, positively comical approaches of the last few series), but it's still a family show..
There's humour, but not inappropriate (or, worse, unintentional) mainly generated by the fact that the Doctor is back to being his best know-it-all, smug self :)
Oh and the theme tune is familiar as is the exterior of the TARDIS (and, yes, the noise when it materialises/dematerialises is the same too!!). Best of all is the return of the sonic screwdriver - about fooking time!!
I really enjoyed it (as you might be able to tell), finally a BBC1 show (not originally on BBC THREE) that's worth watching!
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