Doctor Who: Daleks in WWII
Apr. 18th, 2010 04:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackRandom thoughts:
1. I thought the premises were awesome, the idea of WWII Daleks was great, but the episode as a whole left me feeling a bit uninspired.
2. There seemed to be fewer of the really great moments I remember from one or two of the earlier episodes.
3. I still like Smith's Doctor and Amy, even though they had few moments to to shine. For instance, when Amy was questioning the Dalek against the doctor's orders, many companions would have made it seem like a purely petulant stupid thing to do, but Amy made it seem very reasonable, that despite the Doctor's correct fear of the Daleks, he ought to have been able to TELL her more clearly what he wanted, rather than just snapping orders.
4. Some things didn't make much sense, but the initial premises of the episode ("daleks in WWII", "churchill and doctor old friends") are a good example of how to deliver premises (whether they're self-consistent or consistent with prior canon of the series) VERY WELL: all brought out in the first few seconds and developed from there, so that we can relax into the story, rather than keeping wondering "is this a crisis, or is it all easily fixed by one of the random stupid premises they haven't introduced yet?"
5. I am excited to see how they handle River Song in the next episode, but am cautiously very optimistic, despite the significant risks to the characterisation of introducing an actual love interest for the doctor, I actually thought they handled River Song very very well when she appeared before, and am very interested to see another point in their relationship.
1. I thought the premises were awesome, the idea of WWII Daleks was great, but the episode as a whole left me feeling a bit uninspired.
2. There seemed to be fewer of the really great moments I remember from one or two of the earlier episodes.
3. I still like Smith's Doctor and Amy, even though they had few moments to to shine. For instance, when Amy was questioning the Dalek against the doctor's orders, many companions would have made it seem like a purely petulant stupid thing to do, but Amy made it seem very reasonable, that despite the Doctor's correct fear of the Daleks, he ought to have been able to TELL her more clearly what he wanted, rather than just snapping orders.
4. Some things didn't make much sense, but the initial premises of the episode ("daleks in WWII", "churchill and doctor old friends") are a good example of how to deliver premises (whether they're self-consistent or consistent with prior canon of the series) VERY WELL: all brought out in the first few seconds and developed from there, so that we can relax into the story, rather than keeping wondering "is this a crisis, or is it all easily fixed by one of the random stupid premises they haven't introduced yet?"
5. I am excited to see how they handle River Song in the next episode, but am cautiously very optimistic, despite the significant risks to the characterisation of introducing an actual love interest for the doctor, I actually thought they handled River Song very very well when she appeared before, and am very interested to see another point in their relationship.