Doctor Who - New Earth
Apr. 16th, 2006 12:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redfiona99They got it right. My worrying was for nothing. I am very happy.
Things that were of the so good it wasn't funny:
The make-up and SFX for the Sisters of Plenitude. It rocked. I mean, they looked like they were talking there and then and not just making random mouth movements.
Sean Gallagher's performance as Chip. The man rocked the house. Much as he normally does, but even more so.
Zoe Wanamaker, for actually making Cassandra real this time.
The plot. Okay, so it was nothing out of the ordinary but it's not one that Dr. Who has ever done before, unless it was in the Davidson/C. Baker era. Or if they have it's only been the once (Hand of Fear, 4th Doctor episode). And the way everyone threw themselves into the bodyswapping. Whisper it quietly but Billie Piper came off better than David Tennant on the acting front.
The fact that the Sisters of Plenitude weren't evil, they were just immoral.
And the Doctor has this line towards the end, about humanity and when I heard 10 say it, I didn't just hear him, I heard 9 and 3, and 6, although I don't think he meant it in quite the same way, and it was just so right and Doctorish. The Doctor has mercy again. Because that's what he gave to Cassandra. 9 wouldn't have/couldn't have done that.
I'm both intrigued by what the Face of Boe said and worried, I'd be quite happy not to have an over-arching storyline.
I mean, there's a few things I'm not happy about, the science is lousy - why do sci-fi shows always mess up on the biology? - I'm still not sure about this more touchy-feely Doctor, even though David Tennant has settled in well enough. Part of that is, I think, that the rest of the house is still in mourning for 9, not least of all because we saw most of The Parting of the Ways on Friday and yes, well, we love you 9. Like most of the stories they've compressed down to 45 minutes you could feel it, but you know, I don't much mind because it was good.
And next week's looks interesting - Queen Victoria and werewolves.
Things that were of the so good it wasn't funny:
The make-up and SFX for the Sisters of Plenitude. It rocked. I mean, they looked like they were talking there and then and not just making random mouth movements.
Sean Gallagher's performance as Chip. The man rocked the house. Much as he normally does, but even more so.
Zoe Wanamaker, for actually making Cassandra real this time.
The plot. Okay, so it was nothing out of the ordinary but it's not one that Dr. Who has ever done before, unless it was in the Davidson/C. Baker era. Or if they have it's only been the once (Hand of Fear, 4th Doctor episode). And the way everyone threw themselves into the bodyswapping. Whisper it quietly but Billie Piper came off better than David Tennant on the acting front.
The fact that the Sisters of Plenitude weren't evil, they were just immoral.
And the Doctor has this line towards the end, about humanity and when I heard 10 say it, I didn't just hear him, I heard 9 and 3, and 6, although I don't think he meant it in quite the same way, and it was just so right and Doctorish. The Doctor has mercy again. Because that's what he gave to Cassandra. 9 wouldn't have/couldn't have done that.
I'm both intrigued by what the Face of Boe said and worried, I'd be quite happy not to have an over-arching storyline.
I mean, there's a few things I'm not happy about, the science is lousy - why do sci-fi shows always mess up on the biology? - I'm still not sure about this more touchy-feely Doctor, even though David Tennant has settled in well enough. Part of that is, I think, that the rest of the house is still in mourning for 9, not least of all because we saw most of The Parting of the Ways on Friday and yes, well, we love you 9. Like most of the stories they've compressed down to 45 minutes you could feel it, but you know, I don't much mind because it was good.
And next week's looks interesting - Queen Victoria and werewolves.
