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The Beast Below
Apr. 20th, 2010 03:32 pmI think I know the reason why I don't think this worked.
I still think that 45 minute Dr. Who is a bad idea because it's very difficult to write Dr. Who well in that time-span. Think how much better The Eleventh Hour was, because you had time for the setting up, the middle and the resolution, and some character bits inbetween, whereas this felt like a lot of setting up and a lot of resolving, but not a lot of middle.
I think Mr. Moffat will get better at that, but I think that was where most of my problems lay.
( I think I liked this less than most of the other people I know )
Writing that reminded me of something else that I didn't like about the episode, terrible lack of use of Terrance Hardiman, who, without sfx of any kind can terrify myself and my housemates by existing. But then again, we're all the right age to remember the Demon Headmaster, 'who was a marvellous man, and this is the best school I've ever been to'.
I still think that 45 minute Dr. Who is a bad idea because it's very difficult to write Dr. Who well in that time-span. Think how much better The Eleventh Hour was, because you had time for the setting up, the middle and the resolution, and some character bits inbetween, whereas this felt like a lot of setting up and a lot of resolving, but not a lot of middle.
I think Mr. Moffat will get better at that, but I think that was where most of my problems lay.
( I think I liked this less than most of the other people I know )
Writing that reminded me of something else that I didn't like about the episode, terrible lack of use of Terrance Hardiman, who, without sfx of any kind can terrify myself and my housemates by existing. But then again, we're all the right age to remember the Demon Headmaster, 'who was a marvellous man, and this is the best school I've ever been to'.
