Hyacathusarillistad
Tin Dog
Favourite Doctor: Third or Eleventh
Favourite Companion: Jo Grant or Amy Pond
Posts: 162
Extant Time Lord
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« on: January 26, 2011, 03:02:28 am » |
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I'm gonna stir the hornet's nest and say that Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks gets a great deal of completely undeserved malice. People say that it ruined the Daleks or whatever, but I really don't feel anything like that from it. Dalek Sec came up with an admittedly un-Dalek plan to keep his race alive, yes - but people didn't seem to be watching when the other Daleks turned around and killed him for it. Very Dalek, if you ask me. I wasn't crazy about the lousy American accents (especially Tallulah's), but I think Hugh Quarshie did a fine job portraying an excellent character; Martha was actually able to hold her own without having to scream for the Doctor - something she wouldn't manage again until the painfully contrived finale; and we didn't have to sit through any "Oooooh, Martha's Mom is being baaaaaad, oooooh!!" tosh, which just wouldn't go away for the rest of the season.
As for overrated, I can't not mention End of Time. Barring the first and last 20 minutes, what an absolute pile of rubbish that was. The scenes with the Doctor and the Master playing hide-and-seek in the construction zone was silly. The Naismiths were a thin plot device who you forgot about after the first half hour. The Master's plan, which he apparently came up with on maybe ten minute's notice, was just plain goofy - as were the special effects used to showcase it (slot machine faces? Really?). The only part of this entire story I appreciated the way I think was intended was the interplay between the Doctor and Wilf. Excellent scenes, no question about it. I think one of the most touching scenes in the entire new series, I think, is where Wilf is begging the Doctor to take the gun - or when the Doctor says he'd be proud if Wilf were his Dad.
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