Aesthetic Monk
Explorer
Glad I wasn't paying attention to the way SciFi spoiled the episode they were showing with the preview for next week--nicely played, SciFi.
I'm probably not the best one to start this--I was in and out a little during the episode, and I was still watching the Cards-Cubs game when the rebroadcast aired. BUT ...
Quite good. The way it opened, I was expecting a rather dismal reality-TV spoof, and I wasn't entirely disappointed in that. It seems one hallmark of Russell T. Davies-authored eps, at least in S1, is an interest in humor that, for me, too often veers into the farcical--I don't mind my Doctor Who leavened with some humor or lightheartedness, but farting aliens and wacky robots remind me a little too much of what I didn't like about the last few seasons of the original series.
But the episode picks up mighty quickly after that. I'd been pretty much unspoiled about what was to come, so the Dalek reemergence was a pretty good surprise for me, although when it became clear that there was some sort of deep threat, I figured there were only a couple of possibilities that would make the reveal not be a letdown, and the Daleks were No. 1 on that list for me.
Even though I may not be the biggest RTD fan, I really do like the sense of cohesion this season has had and how little things (and big things, too, like the "Dalek" Dalek) in earlier episodes foreshadowed this one. Well done overall, and I'm looking forward to 1.13, although with some trepidation.
I'm probably not the best one to start this--I was in and out a little during the episode, and I was still watching the Cards-Cubs game when the rebroadcast aired. BUT ...
Quite good. The way it opened, I was expecting a rather dismal reality-TV spoof, and I wasn't entirely disappointed in that. It seems one hallmark of Russell T. Davies-authored eps, at least in S1, is an interest in humor that, for me, too often veers into the farcical--I don't mind my Doctor Who leavened with some humor or lightheartedness, but farting aliens and wacky robots remind me a little too much of what I didn't like about the last few seasons of the original series.
But the episode picks up mighty quickly after that. I'd been pretty much unspoiled about what was to come, so the Dalek reemergence was a pretty good surprise for me, although when it became clear that there was some sort of deep threat, I figured there were only a couple of possibilities that would make the reveal not be a letdown, and the Daleks were No. 1 on that list for me.
Even though I may not be the biggest RTD fan, I really do like the sense of cohesion this season has had and how little things (and big things, too, like the "Dalek" Dalek) in earlier episodes foreshadowed this one. Well done overall, and I'm looking forward to 1.13, although with some trepidation.
