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New Who Review for Christmas Invasion
Sep. 30th, 2006 10:43 am*Cracking her knuckles and getting ready for the next Season*
OK remember that in England this episode aired around Christmas and they didn't see the rest of the season until the spring. So there is a gap between this episode and New Earth in the gap a lot of who the Doctor is was settled before the next episode. This was a regeneration episode. We have had a couple of them where the Doctor changes and the world of the people around him change too. A couple have gone just fine and a couple have gone horribly wrong (for that episode). 5 probably had the hardest time of it but 10 was no picnic. In the introduction of 5 and 10 the writers focus a little more on the people around the Doctor rather than the Doctor himself. Rose, Jackie, and Mickey have to deal with the man they knew no longer looks like the man they knew.
Overall it is very well done. The Doctor trying to figure out who he is is fun to watch. Jackie and Mickey add a lot to the story rather than just being pushed to the background. It was nice to see Harriett Jones PM again. Billy having to deal with what she saw happen to the Doctor was well played and well written. The ideas of Christmas and family were weaved into the adventure well.
I had a few problems with how things were handled by UNIT and why it was Harriett called in because it was an English probe which I am still a little fuzzy on who owned it. Also I can't say that I am loving the Sci-Fi channel and their endless commercials and promos especially where they placed some of them which totally defused the tension that was building. This is an episode where you don't need time to think or you start to pick it apart.
( Christmas_Invasion_Spoilers_Maybe )
I am grateful that Dr. Who is back on American TV.
OK remember that in England this episode aired around Christmas and they didn't see the rest of the season until the spring. So there is a gap between this episode and New Earth in the gap a lot of who the Doctor is was settled before the next episode. This was a regeneration episode. We have had a couple of them where the Doctor changes and the world of the people around him change too. A couple have gone just fine and a couple have gone horribly wrong (for that episode). 5 probably had the hardest time of it but 10 was no picnic. In the introduction of 5 and 10 the writers focus a little more on the people around the Doctor rather than the Doctor himself. Rose, Jackie, and Mickey have to deal with the man they knew no longer looks like the man they knew.
Overall it is very well done. The Doctor trying to figure out who he is is fun to watch. Jackie and Mickey add a lot to the story rather than just being pushed to the background. It was nice to see Harriett Jones PM again. Billy having to deal with what she saw happen to the Doctor was well played and well written. The ideas of Christmas and family were weaved into the adventure well.
I had a few problems with how things were handled by UNIT and why it was Harriett called in because it was an English probe which I am still a little fuzzy on who owned it. Also I can't say that I am loving the Sci-Fi channel and their endless commercials and promos especially where they placed some of them which totally defused the tension that was building. This is an episode where you don't need time to think or you start to pick it apart.
( Christmas_Invasion_Spoilers_Maybe )
I am grateful that Dr. Who is back on American TV.
