Well I'm back from my loong British holiday. I think I've probably gained a few pounds from the amount of food I've been gozzling though! And I do seem to have a bit of catching up to do...
So without furthur ado, here's my thoughts on the two latest DW episodes.
Day Of The Moon:
This Episode hit the ground running, literally! In the first five minutes, it seemed like Moffat had pretty much killed all the main characters: Canton shot Amy in the Valley of the Gods, Rory on the Roosevelt Dam in Arizona, River Song fell from the 51rst floor of a skyscraper in New York and the Doctor was being trapped in the perfect prison made out of Dwarf star alloy! Of course they weren't dead, unless we all forgot the past 40 minutes thanks to a Silent being in front of the T.V the whole time! Actually it was all just a convenient plan so the companions could regroup together without being detected by the Silents. What followed after this was the some of the best T.V Doctor Who could produce, the action-packed battle in the Lodger TARDIS (STILL NOT EXPLAINED!) with River Song kicking all kinds of ass being the real highlight. It had the feel of a gigantic blockbuster DW Finale, except it was hardly final because ALOT of questions were posed and very few were answered. Namely:
- Who bumped the Doctor off and why?
- Who is the little girl, who is the father and how can she regenerate?
- How can Amy be pregnant and not pregnant at the same time?
- Why did the Silence need to build a spacesuit?
- Why are there tunnels under the entire planet and what connection do they have with the “Lodger”-style TARDIS console?
- What has that mysterious eye-patched lady got to do with anything?
- Who is River Song?
- What about all the other minuscule questions aswell?
So Overall it was a very good 2nd Episode, but even with the premiere to set things up it did seem a bit packed. Heck, normally a story this big would cover an entire season if it was any other show, but Moffat did very well in compressing it into one two-parter. That shock ending got us ALL by surprise didn't it? Effectively making this a prologue of sorts for the mid-Season and actual Season Finale! Lets hope they will live up to expectations...
Curse Of The Black Spot:
Doctor Who and the Pirates! The Episode I was very much looking forward to, was slighty disapointing if I'm honest. Mainly because not alot of the Episode actually focused on the pirating aspect! The last fifteen minutes were very good though. It started off quite well, with the Doctor walking the plank and Amy doing a bit of swashbuckling action (although it was hardly a first class sword fight). But after that it sort of jumbled around the place, and nothing really gelled if I'm honest. None of the pirates were really pirates for a start, they were the very cliched and kid friendly type of Cutthroats. Well except for the Captain, but the sub-plot of Captain Avery (why he turned pirate, the relationship with his son ect...) was barely touched upon and seemingly resolved very quickly, which was a shame because there was a real opportunity for some real drama there. The end result meant that the Pirate aspect of the Story was merely in the background, and half of it was set in a futuristic spaceship! But those scenes in the ship from another timeline/universe were the best part of the Episode by far. Rorys apparent death (AGAIN, but at least he didn't actually die) and Amy's attempt to resuscitate him was beautifully acted. The Siren wasn't that menacing really, but the big reveal was a nice twist that I wasn't really expecting.
Overall the potential for a great mashup between Pirates Of the Carribean and Doctor Who was sqandered unfortunately, and the Episode merely turned out to be a bit filler-ish. The climax with Amy trying to save Rory was great T.V and Space Pirates do spell all KINDS OF AWESOME! Here's hoping we get a cool spin-off. Not bad at all, just a disapointment.
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