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New Who Review for the Day of the Doctor
Nov. 24th, 2013 10:40 amWith a short review for the short The Night of the Doctor.
I haven’t done one of these in a while but then we haven’t had a new episode in a while so I am going to repeat my requests. No future spoilers. This is for discussion from the episodes that have aired for the past 50 years. There will be spoilers in the comment section. I will have my spoiler free review above the cut and my spoiler filled review below the cut.
There have been, I believe three occasions where the story is that the Doctor meets the Doctor(s) on the TV show. That being the Three Doctors, The Five Doctors and The Two Doctors. Each was celebrating a milestone in the show being the 10th anniversary, the 20th anniversary, and I honestly don’t know why the last one exists although it is fun.
My short review of the Night of the Doctor, well he should have had a long run on screen as the Doctor. I am glad that the BBC have owned up to him as being cannon rather than being coy about it for which I am most grateful. My more spoilery thoughts will be behind the cut.
My review for The Day of the Doctor.
That's how to do a story for a special occasion. I walked away happy and smiling. There was enough for the original Whovians to be grinning about along with the Newhovians. It was a love letter to fans young and old. It also cleaned up a bit of continuity mess along with creating some possibilities for the future. They were very careful about mixing up the past and the present of Doctor Who but I didn’t feel like it was hammering me over the head.
The acting was aces all the way around. Good chemistry with the Doctors by both the other Doctors and the companion(s).
I didn’t notice how fast the time went which is a good sign for me when watching a show. I was engaged and entertained and in the end isn’t that what we want from our TV shows?
Would it be a show that you could sit someone down with no knowledge of the show? To my mind, not really, there is series knowledge that you need to understand what is going on. They might enjoy it but also be horribly confused by it. This is not a knock on the writing. The writer knew his audience and catered to them.
I am grateful that I got to see this episode with the rest of the world.
( Spoilers_Sweetie )
I haven’t done one of these in a while but then we haven’t had a new episode in a while so I am going to repeat my requests. No future spoilers. This is for discussion from the episodes that have aired for the past 50 years. There will be spoilers in the comment section. I will have my spoiler free review above the cut and my spoiler filled review below the cut.
There have been, I believe three occasions where the story is that the Doctor meets the Doctor(s) on the TV show. That being the Three Doctors, The Five Doctors and The Two Doctors. Each was celebrating a milestone in the show being the 10th anniversary, the 20th anniversary, and I honestly don’t know why the last one exists although it is fun.
My short review of the Night of the Doctor, well he should have had a long run on screen as the Doctor. I am glad that the BBC have owned up to him as being cannon rather than being coy about it for which I am most grateful. My more spoilery thoughts will be behind the cut.
My review for The Day of the Doctor.
That's how to do a story for a special occasion. I walked away happy and smiling. There was enough for the original Whovians to be grinning about along with the Newhovians. It was a love letter to fans young and old. It also cleaned up a bit of continuity mess along with creating some possibilities for the future. They were very careful about mixing up the past and the present of Doctor Who but I didn’t feel like it was hammering me over the head.
The acting was aces all the way around. Good chemistry with the Doctors by both the other Doctors and the companion(s).
I didn’t notice how fast the time went which is a good sign for me when watching a show. I was engaged and entertained and in the end isn’t that what we want from our TV shows?
Would it be a show that you could sit someone down with no knowledge of the show? To my mind, not really, there is series knowledge that you need to understand what is going on. They might enjoy it but also be horribly confused by it. This is not a knock on the writing. The writer knew his audience and catered to them.
I am grateful that I got to see this episode with the rest of the world.
( Spoilers_Sweetie )
