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New Who Review The Ghost Monument
Oct. 17th, 2018 10:11 amUsual rules apply. Spoilers behind cut and in comments. Discussion is for “Unearthly Child” through “The Ghost Monument” and no further. Please be polite but y’all are so I am not worried.
The first episode of a new Doctor is tricky enough but the second can be even more so. We have been introduced to the companion(s) and have some idea of what the Doctor is at this point. So now we want to see who everyone is and how they fit together and with this version of the Doctor.
Dumping them into the vacuum of space without a spacesuit was a bold move. Splitting them up briefly was a nice touch as we got to see each set work out the problems they have to solve so they don’t crash into the planet. Shows that the humans are up to snuff for this sort of adventure.
I liked that this was a pretty simple episode so it had more to do with the characters than the plot that was pretty much paint by numbers kind of race with a shiny prize at the end.
Actors did great with what they were given. Jodie Whittaker keeps proving why she was cast into this role and why she was the right person to be the Doctor.
In the end we get back to the point that it really feels like a Doctor Who episode.
( Desolation )
The first episode of a new Doctor is tricky enough but the second can be even more so. We have been introduced to the companion(s) and have some idea of what the Doctor is at this point. So now we want to see who everyone is and how they fit together and with this version of the Doctor.
Dumping them into the vacuum of space without a spacesuit was a bold move. Splitting them up briefly was a nice touch as we got to see each set work out the problems they have to solve so they don’t crash into the planet. Shows that the humans are up to snuff for this sort of adventure.
I liked that this was a pretty simple episode so it had more to do with the characters than the plot that was pretty much paint by numbers kind of race with a shiny prize at the end.
Actors did great with what they were given. Jodie Whittaker keeps proving why she was cast into this role and why she was the right person to be the Doctor.
In the end we get back to the point that it really feels like a Doctor Who episode.
( Desolation )
