Wulfa_Jones
April 5th, 2008, 04:25 PM
So we are back to what is becoming a must see every year - the first episode of a new season of Doctor Who and as usual the first episode if a little weak as they have been since Tennant took over.
One thing became apparent during this episode and that is the casting of Tate was a really bad idea. Her acting skills tend to range over the majority of the characters she portrays in her sketch show. I don't know if the "oh my god" scene was supposed to be an in-joke, but if it was I think it was a bad idea as it felt like I was watching a Children in Need or Comic Relief episode.
Some of the future story lines do sound interesting and it was a surprise to see (switching to spoiler mode, spoilers do cover the rest of the season as well!)
Rose pop up. I am interested to see how she become involved in the story. I know she doesn't pop up again till the final two parter - which also has Captain Jack and Martha in it. Martha isn't in as many of the episodes as I originally thought based on what I have read, but at least this season does see the return of UNIT.
I was sad to see in the trailer that the Dalek's are back again (I am watching the first Dalek's story on BBC 4 as I type). Don't know how they are going to bring them back again as on last count there was only one left and the trailer showed a few more than that. I also hear Davros is back... but then I'm sure I heared that last season as well
Well I'm still interested to see how the season develops and I'll still be watching it every Saturday. I wonder how the future for Who will unfold with this being the last season till 2010. Will the show runner change? will the doctor change?
On a slight tangent, the BBC is producing another fantasy type show for Saturday evenings after the success of Who and Robin Hood. The show is Merlin and has already been picked up by a US network so it can't be all bad!
One thing became apparent during this episode and that is the casting of Tate was a really bad idea. Her acting skills tend to range over the majority of the characters she portrays in her sketch show. I don't know if the "oh my god" scene was supposed to be an in-joke, but if it was I think it was a bad idea as it felt like I was watching a Children in Need or Comic Relief episode.
Some of the future story lines do sound interesting and it was a surprise to see (switching to spoiler mode, spoilers do cover the rest of the season as well!)
Rose pop up. I am interested to see how she become involved in the story. I know she doesn't pop up again till the final two parter - which also has Captain Jack and Martha in it. Martha isn't in as many of the episodes as I originally thought based on what I have read, but at least this season does see the return of UNIT.
I was sad to see in the trailer that the Dalek's are back again (I am watching the first Dalek's story on BBC 4 as I type). Don't know how they are going to bring them back again as on last count there was only one left and the trailer showed a few more than that. I also hear Davros is back... but then I'm sure I heared that last season as well
Well I'm still interested to see how the season develops and I'll still be watching it every Saturday. I wonder how the future for Who will unfold with this being the last season till 2010. Will the show runner change? will the doctor change?
On a slight tangent, the BBC is producing another fantasy type show for Saturday evenings after the success of Who and Robin Hood. The show is Merlin and has already been picked up by a US network so it can't be all bad!