New Who Review for The Time of Angels
Now we have the new Doctor meeting up with a villain created by Moffat and a companion that isn’t a companion yet also created by Moffat. If you want the back story on this one you need to see “Blink” for the Angels and “Silence in the Library” along with “Forest of the Dead” for River Song. Moffat seems to have discarded nothing and built upon what he wrote before.
River Song has serious being driving fans ‘round the bend since she was introduced. They want to know who she is and how she is connected to the Doctor because she seems VERY connected to the Doctor. Theories have ranged from her being just a companion later in the Doctor’s life to his wife and even a physical manifestation of the TARDIS. More on River in the spoiler part of the entry.
Amy keeps proving that she is the perfect companion for this Doctor. The way that they act and react to each other hits on all cylinders. Adding River to the mix added some interesting dynamics to the relationship. But then Amy was having her own problems by mid episode (again more discussion in the spoiler portion of our show).
I like the idea of the Angels. I liked Blink a lot and thought that the Angels were just a brilliant idea. The vague mythos given to them was just enough for me to believe in their villainy or were they villains? It is nice when a creature has some moral ambiguity to their back story. Here I though that it was a good pick up from where we left off but not a brilliant one (Yeah, I know they all can be gems) and Moffat did increase the fear factor of what his villains could and would do to survive but there is just something that nagged at me by the end of this episode.
OK, now onto the cut section of the review. I just ask that anyone commenting who has already seen “Flesh and Stone” be very careful that you only talk about “Time of the Angels”. I had to go back a couple of times and cut stuff out because I realized that I was talking about things I found out in the 2nd episode not just this one.
So here we go
( Spoilers )
I am grateful for scary villains that make you look at the world a little differently.
River Song has serious being driving fans ‘round the bend since she was introduced. They want to know who she is and how she is connected to the Doctor because she seems VERY connected to the Doctor. Theories have ranged from her being just a companion later in the Doctor’s life to his wife and even a physical manifestation of the TARDIS. More on River in the spoiler part of the entry.
Amy keeps proving that she is the perfect companion for this Doctor. The way that they act and react to each other hits on all cylinders. Adding River to the mix added some interesting dynamics to the relationship. But then Amy was having her own problems by mid episode (again more discussion in the spoiler portion of our show).
I like the idea of the Angels. I liked Blink a lot and thought that the Angels were just a brilliant idea. The vague mythos given to them was just enough for me to believe in their villainy or were they villains? It is nice when a creature has some moral ambiguity to their back story. Here I though that it was a good pick up from where we left off but not a brilliant one (Yeah, I know they all can be gems) and Moffat did increase the fear factor of what his villains could and would do to survive but there is just something that nagged at me by the end of this episode.
OK, now onto the cut section of the review. I just ask that anyone commenting who has already seen “Flesh and Stone” be very careful that you only talk about “Time of the Angels”. I had to go back a couple of times and cut stuff out because I realized that I was talking about things I found out in the 2nd episode not just this one.
So here we go
( Spoilers )
I am grateful for scary villains that make you look at the world a little differently.