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puppetmaker) wrote2008-07-19 08:45 am
puppetmaker) wrote2008-07-19 08:45 am
New Who Review for Turn Left
This one is the beginning of the rollercoaster that leads to the end of the 4th season. I have to yet again say that some of what I might be commenting on might not have been in the SciFi airing but in the BBC version which will be (fingers crossed) the DVD version.
And Bad SciFi! No biscuit for you with those previews of the next episode. You would have been much better served by using what the Beeb used for the preview which worked very well and didn't give away so many large plot points and one whopping surprise.
Overall it is a very interesting episode that is hard to quantify without spoilers really. I can say that it is Donna-centric. Catherine Tate, Bernard Cribbins, and especially Jacqueline King gave such wonderful performances. Ms. King's is often overlooked but just watching happening to her through out the episode and how she act, reacts, or doesn't react is just amazing.
Onto the fuller discussion behind the cut. Remember that we are only talking to Turn Left. Please hold discussion of the Stolen Earth and Journey's End until the appropriate time. Thank you.
Firefly fans probably felt right at home at the opening to this one. I half expected to see Mal and Kaylee walking around the corner.
It is one of those "what if" episodes. What if Donna had turned right instead of left? How would this have affected the world much less the universe? Well there were others to step in like Torchwood (since the creation of Jack was before Donna I expect he was there), Sarah Jane, and others. But they could only do so much and needed the Doctor not to die. The Adipose in the US was a bit of a twist and probably did put the US into a downward spiral. The Titanic crashing into the palace and blowing up London.
Having Rose there to warn Donna was a bit of a stretch but I was willing to suspend disbelief on that one. And Donna's confusion as to why her and what was on her back was very well played. Any guesses to how many Donnas we are going to see at D'Con with insect backpacks?
And having Donna figuring out the solution to the problem. What she has to do to make herself turn left. It works better than the argument she would have had with herself and her mother.
Overall a very powerful episode that can be watched more than once since there are a lot of subtle stuff going on.
Then there is the return of "Bad Wolf" which I am lukewarm on but it does set up for the next two episodes.
I am grateful for the wealth of stuff that RTD mined in this episode.
And Bad SciFi! No biscuit for you with those previews of the next episode. You would have been much better served by using what the Beeb used for the preview which worked very well and didn't give away so many large plot points and one whopping surprise.
Overall it is a very interesting episode that is hard to quantify without spoilers really. I can say that it is Donna-centric. Catherine Tate, Bernard Cribbins, and especially Jacqueline King gave such wonderful performances. Ms. King's is often overlooked but just watching happening to her through out the episode and how she act, reacts, or doesn't react is just amazing.
Onto the fuller discussion behind the cut. Remember that we are only talking to Turn Left. Please hold discussion of the Stolen Earth and Journey's End until the appropriate time. Thank you.
Firefly fans probably felt right at home at the opening to this one. I half expected to see Mal and Kaylee walking around the corner.
It is one of those "what if" episodes. What if Donna had turned right instead of left? How would this have affected the world much less the universe? Well there were others to step in like Torchwood (since the creation of Jack was before Donna I expect he was there), Sarah Jane, and others. But they could only do so much and needed the Doctor not to die. The Adipose in the US was a bit of a twist and probably did put the US into a downward spiral. The Titanic crashing into the palace and blowing up London.
Having Rose there to warn Donna was a bit of a stretch but I was willing to suspend disbelief on that one. And Donna's confusion as to why her and what was on her back was very well played. Any guesses to how many Donnas we are going to see at D'Con with insect backpacks?
And having Donna figuring out the solution to the problem. What she has to do to make herself turn left. It works better than the argument she would have had with herself and her mother.
Overall a very powerful episode that can be watched more than once since there are a lot of subtle stuff going on.
Then there is the return of "Bad Wolf" which I am lukewarm on but it does set up for the next two episodes.
I am grateful for the wealth of stuff that RTD mined in this episode.
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