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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7505850" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>First episodes are tricky. I'd rate Whittaker's high. </p><p></p><p>The introduction of Eccleston and Tennant were all about Rose with the Doctor just being in the background. </p><p>Capaldi was running around dealing with more bodypart-stealing clockwork robots. Which worked thematically, as it was all about if you replace all your bodyparts a dozen times are you still the same person?</p><p>Smith's is the high water mark, as he has to save the world while relying just on himself with no TARDIS or screwdriver or resources. And the transition image of all the Doctors was neat. </p><p></p><p>This episode did an excellent job of introducing four new characters <em>and</em> the Doctor without focusing solely on one character. We learned rapid fire what Ryan and Yas and Graham's stories are while also having the Doctor at the front <em>and</em> giving a speech about changing while being true to yourself. It handled a lot very elegantly. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I like how they jumped right in and let the show build without a title sequence. But I wished they'd have ended with the title sequence.</p><p>Especially in place of the boring and masturbatory long, long list of upcoming guest stars. Yaaaaawn. I have never cared about guest stars. This isn’t <em>The Simpsons</em>; they don’t need to trick people into watching with the promise of some celeb or name. That was lame.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Given she wasn't a "companion", I saw the death of Nan coming, and was preemptively sad. Especially as it didn’t seem to have any impact on the story. She just rushes in to help and dies, but her victory seems unnecessary. </p><p></p><p>I quite like how the group gets pulled together at the end. It sets up the fun story of trying to get them home, which is a regular theme of classic <em>Doctor Who</em> that we haven’t seen recently. Very Ian and Barbara, Tegan, or even arguably Peri or Ace. Which is fun and adds a neat dynamic to the stories, which is a nice change from the presentation of travelling with the Doctor as this addictive lifestyle we've seen in the last few incarnations. </p><p>(I've always seen travelling in the TARDIS as being like backpacking across Europe. It's fun and thrilling, but eventually you just want to return home and settle down.)</p><p></p><p>I also like how the TARDIS didn’t just magic back at the end, and had to be hunted for. (But I'm jonesing to see interior. I hope we retain a more mechanical inside and don't get a return to the junkyard design.) I wonder how long they can keep the Doctor away from their TARDIS. </p><p></p><p>The alien was unremarkable. Gross, but not very memorable. And the hook of the super cold alien that can kill with a touch wasn’t played up nearly enough. That could have been much more interesting, with frost forming where he walked (especially when he entered a puddle). Most of the time they were just generic black armour dude running around in an underlit area. </p><p></p><p></p><p>And, as I have said elsewhere, I wish the Doctor had a collared shirt. The current look is too casual and too much like a costume. The Doctor works best when they look more anachronistic and less wearing a funny suit to be weird. They looked so much better in Doctor Twelves' rags than the T-shirt and ridiculously short pants.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 7505850, member: 37579"] First episodes are tricky. I'd rate Whittaker's high. The introduction of Eccleston and Tennant were all about Rose with the Doctor just being in the background. Capaldi was running around dealing with more bodypart-stealing clockwork robots. Which worked thematically, as it was all about if you replace all your bodyparts a dozen times are you still the same person? Smith's is the high water mark, as he has to save the world while relying just on himself with no TARDIS or screwdriver or resources. And the transition image of all the Doctors was neat. This episode did an excellent job of introducing four new characters [I]and[/I] the Doctor without focusing solely on one character. We learned rapid fire what Ryan and Yas and Graham's stories are while also having the Doctor at the front [I]and[/I] giving a speech about changing while being true to yourself. It handled a lot very elegantly. I like how they jumped right in and let the show build without a title sequence. But I wished they'd have ended with the title sequence. Especially in place of the boring and masturbatory long, long list of upcoming guest stars. Yaaaaawn. I have never cared about guest stars. This isn’t [i]The Simpsons[/I]; they don’t need to trick people into watching with the promise of some celeb or name. That was lame. Given she wasn't a "companion", I saw the death of Nan coming, and was preemptively sad. Especially as it didn’t seem to have any impact on the story. She just rushes in to help and dies, but her victory seems unnecessary. I quite like how the group gets pulled together at the end. It sets up the fun story of trying to get them home, which is a regular theme of classic [I]Doctor Who[/I] that we haven’t seen recently. Very Ian and Barbara, Tegan, or even arguably Peri or Ace. Which is fun and adds a neat dynamic to the stories, which is a nice change from the presentation of travelling with the Doctor as this addictive lifestyle we've seen in the last few incarnations. (I've always seen travelling in the TARDIS as being like backpacking across Europe. It's fun and thrilling, but eventually you just want to return home and settle down.) I also like how the TARDIS didn’t just magic back at the end, and had to be hunted for. (But I'm jonesing to see interior. I hope we retain a more mechanical inside and don't get a return to the junkyard design.) I wonder how long they can keep the Doctor away from their TARDIS. The alien was unremarkable. Gross, but not very memorable. And the hook of the super cold alien that can kill with a touch wasn’t played up nearly enough. That could have been much more interesting, with frost forming where he walked (especially when he entered a puddle). Most of the time they were just generic black armour dude running around in an underlit area. And, as I have said elsewhere, I wish the Doctor had a collared shirt. The current look is too casual and too much like a costume. The Doctor works best when they look more anachronistic and less wearing a funny suit to be weird. They looked so much better in Doctor Twelves' rags than the T-shirt and ridiculously short pants. [/QUOTE]
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