Ouch! MediumRob really REALLY didn't like it. You can tell this because... well, the review is lacerating throughout but mostly the clue is in him alikening it to 'Evolution of the Daleks'.
That is beyond harsh! (And I speak again as one who did not throw all my toys out the pram on watching that episode).
Anyway, I said most of what I wanted to in MediumRob's comments so I will hold off giving a recap here. If I had been thinking straight I would have done my review here instead of there. What can I say? I was mostly distracted by listening to the Doctor Who podcast commentary and then the lovely Colin Meloy of The Decemberists on my iTunes.
It's at times like this I'm glad I only read 'Behind the Sofa' as a kind of Outpost Gallifrey-lite rather than the full-on fanbase yarling at full fevered pitch about whether they wanted to know if timelords reproduced by the loom or by actual, you know, S-E-X (*shudder*). Get over yourselves boys: you just knew RTD was gonna being yanking ya with a title as obvious as 'The Doctor's Daughter'....
I will say something though: wasn't David Tennant just bloody MARVELLOUS in his performance this week?
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We're just a few behind - saw the Ood episode yesterday. But what of the hints of a new Doctor? The proficy of change to come?
Yes, David Tennant WAS amazing. And sometimes something as wonderful as that can make an episode worthwhile, just like a man with a Tony Harrison-a-like Dalek-ish thing on his head can render a whole episode null and void.
Joe - la la la not listening (though I have read cogent arguments that it is NOT as straughtforward as the 'end of the song' line maybe suggested)
Anna - hee hee!
Thought it was awful, and an hilariously bad example of nepotism, too. And why was the music so BLOODY LOUD?
Can't wait for David Dimwit to give it up, myself. Don't think he's all that, but then I'm not a girl.
Hey, Mr Bob, we've missed you!
On the music front - I have no disagreement with you. Murray Gold is unsubtle in the extreme. On the David front, well, you have a witty turn of phrase but I can assure that it isn't only the girls who like his performance and indeed many girls aren't consistently impressed with his performance either... not sure what that says...
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