1) Vincent and the Doctor - Tackling a complex psychological
issue with maturity and humour
2) The Pandorica Opens - Moffat coheres the season in
riveting style, I love it
3) The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone - Confident, exciting,
frightening...for the most part sublime
4) The Eleventh Hour - The Eleventh Doctor gets of to an
absolutely flying start
Not reviewed yet...
5) Amy's Choice - A compelling sideways adventure, both
touching and very funny
6) The Lodger - The first of Gareth Roberts sitcom Who and
still the best
7) The Big Bang - Lovely moments but a severe letdown in the
answers stakes
Not reviewed yet...
8) The Beast Below - A troubled script and production
9) The Vampires of Venice - Stylish but morally bankrupt and
awkward humour
10) Victory of the Daleks - Introducing the bubble bath
Daleks, a failed experiment
11) The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood - Starts promisingly, ends
dismally
4 comments:
Just curious, what do you mean by "morally bankrupt" when naming "Vampires of Venice"?
Forgive me, but if you click on the link and read the review it speaks for itself.
I always caught a glimpse of ol' Sixie in Eleven. I think it's the mouth.
Apart from that, you are right: this is where the Doctor starts to be 'All Doctors To All People': the cynical part of my brain thinks that SM doesn't want to settle on a set personality, because that would divide his fanbase, logical extentions and might impede the storyline.
It's sort of a photonegative of JNT, in a way: JNT didn't want to hurt the marketability of his creations, either, so he boxed everyone in. Moffat just takes the wheels off and says "go nuts", with the same net results.
To Ed Azad: Or maybe it's because the Eleventh Doctor was the last incarnation and had the whole "All Doctors To All People' works very well.
At least he did not end as a manic depressive as Tennant or an old bitter as Capaldi.
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