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Monday, 11 January 2016

Ranking series two in order...


1) The Girl in the Fireplace - Completely different, utterly spellbinding

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-girl-in-fireplace-written-by-steven.html

2) The Impossible Planet - Some of the scariest Doctor Who scenes ever

To be reviewed...

3) Army of Ghosts - A perfect example of how RTD builds up to an impressive finale

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/05/army-of-ghosts-doomsday-written-by.html

4) Love & Monsters - Subversive and brilliant, I love it

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/season-two_29.html

5) School Reunion - Sarah's back and she's better than ever

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/03/school-reunion-written-by-toby.html

6) Tooth and Claw - A tight script, a wonderful Doctor and a really horrific monster

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/03/tooth-and-claw-written-by-russell-t.html

7) Doomsday - A devastating end to the Doctor and Rose's relationship

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/05/army-of-ghosts-doomsday-written-by.html

8) The Satan Pit - Lots of (very good) exposition and plenty of running around

To be reviewed...

9) The Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel - Muscular, great moments but far too much soap

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/04/rise-of-cybermenthe-age-of-steel.html 

10) The Idiot's Lantern - Sweet in places but an utterly schizophrenic mish mash of genres

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-idiots-lantern-written-by-mark.html

11) Fear Her - A great role for Rose in a pretty substandard tale

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2015/03/fear-her-written-by-matthew-graham-and.html

12) New Earth - Overly saccharine and simplistic, not a great opener

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/03/new-earth-written-by-russell-t-davies.html









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5 comments:

  1. ali11 January 2016 at 10:32

    New Earth is dead last! Didn't see that coming. Also, very perceptive of Simon saying "Love & Monsters" is Marmite "to itself".

    Ultimately it comes down to the monster (I can't be arsed to spell his name). I dunno what RTD was thinking but imagine it came to him after along night of snickering and bourbon.

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  2. Urlance Woolsbane11 January 2016 at 17:29

    Actually, it was designed by a young fan (whom I hope wasn't drinking any bourbon), who won a Blue Peter contest. So it Abzorbaloff's appearance was contractually obligated, as it were!

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  3. Ed12 January 2016 at 03:45

    Aha. That makes sense in context. I wouldn't rule out the bourbon though.

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  4. Arkleseizure12 January 2016 at 09:41

    (Making my first comment here: I don't always agree with Joe, but I've enjoyed his reviews ever since his days on the Ratings Guide)

    William Grantham (the boy who created the Absorbaloff) had intended it to be a giant, hulking brute, the size of a double-decker bus. I think that could have worked superbly. Unfortunately, RTD saw the design and apparently thought "tubby northern bloke". Given the sizes of the faces in the Absorbaloff's original design, I can only guess that RTD thought it had attacked a tribe of pygmies.

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  5. Marty2 February 2016 at 12:51

    Series 2 will always be one of the weaker ones in modern Doctor Who, but still had two great lead actors and a nice arc.

    I absolutely love Girl in the Fireplace, and cannot see it leaving my top 3 Moffats.

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