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Things I expected to hate : Pretty much the whole thing.
Things I liked : Pretty much the whole thing.
I hated this episode from the moment I heard about it. I’ve been underwhelmed by everything Who that Gareth Roberts has penned, and James Corden has irritated me in everything, even Gavin & Stacey. Lastly, it was [...]

Things I Liked : The bit where Van Gogh invites the Doctor and Amy to see what he sees, the sensitive side to the Doctor, the acting-its all about the acting. I even quite liked Bill Nighy.
Things I didn’t like : Did it really need the Athlete song at the end? We get it, we’re [...]

Things I Liked : The timey-wimey stuff, Stephen Jones as the Silurian boss, the similarities to the Pertwee era (the bubble, the Silurians), it wasn’t as bad as I expected for Chris Chibnall.
Things I didn’t like : The new Silurians lost a lot of their unique-ness.
As I said, it felt like a Pertwee story, even [...]

Things I Liked : Toby Jones as the Dream Lord. I enjoyed his smug superiority and taunting presence. Nobody knew him or his motives, adding to the mystery. Top dialogue as well, and its always good to see a gang of murderous OAPs.
Things I didn’t like : It fell a little flat for me. Was [...]

Things I liked: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Helem McCrory.
Things I didn’t like: Toby Whithouse’s previous story was ‘School Reunion’ in Episode 2. The best bits about that episode were the return of Sarah-Jane Smith and K-9. This episode was more or less the same, set in Venice, but without Sarah-Jane and K-9. Completely underwhelming.
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Things I liked : Pretty much everything
Things I didn’t like : At a push, Alex Kingston, but that’s Alex Kingston, not necessarily Alex Kingston in Doctor Who.
I’ve said it before, but the difference between Steven Moffat and RTD is that one of them knows how to plot. One of them lays clues in an episode [...]

Things I liked : Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Prentice from ‘The Crow Road’s’ Dad. British Army Dalek and the first 15 minutes or so were ace.  Until the Daleks started wittering on about Testimonies. Oh, and I liked the mystery about Amy’s memories.
Things I didn’t like : Lets face it, this episode is just set-up [...]

Things that I didn’t like – It didn’t really have any baddies in the conventional sense. On analysis, some of the plot elements maybe don’t hang together. (I’m thinking of the Smilers)
Things that I did like – It was still very good. It reminded me of a classic four part story, squeezed into one 45 [...]

Things that I didn’t like :  When the Doctor programmed the virus, it felt like an RTD plot device. Of course, had it been an RTD plot device, that would have been the part that somehow provided the denounement (and remained unexplained) As it was, it helped the Atraxi to track down Prisoner Zero (and [...]

A couple of days before the first episode of the Moffat-era, it’s instructive to look back on the early episodes of the RTD years to see if they hold any clues as to what might be upcoming.
The first RTD episode had an awful lot of work to do. As well as introducing the new Doctor [...]