Name: Anonymous 2012-09-09 22:52
Doctor Who Reviews - Series 7 - Dinosaurs On A Spaceship
A foreword to the Doctor Who hating spammer:
I've tried to humour you, but if you insist, you leave me no choice but to create a new, separate Doctor Who thread every week. By doing that, I will probably turn this forum into a Doctor Who forum, but you brought that on yourself. Yes, I'm sure that you can still flood away threads that you want to censor, but in this way, I can restore them easier than you. You lose.
Something fantastic must have happened between the series, because this is the second episode that is really good. There is so much stuff happening that I can't believe they managed to squeeze it all into the time of an episode. The Doctor is once again in the spotlight, and the complaints I have are fairly minor.
Once again, things fall apart when you look at the seams of the plot development: Dinosaurs survive without that much vegetation to eat, teleports work once only (before they destroy themselves), dinosaurs chase golf balls, and controls are to be driven only by relatives. These are ass-pulls that could have been done and executed much, much better, and if it would mean sacrificing some of the events, then I'd be fine with it.
Also, the Doctor killed somebody. The Doctor could just as easily have sent Solomon back with the ark to answer for his deeds, but instead he executed a human being in cold blood with no other reason than hatred or vengeance. I could excuse any other action hero to do that, but for the Doctor, it is nothing but out of character. I'm not only thinking back to the space whale euthanasia scene where Tennants doctor stated that murder would undo him as The Doctor, but also to him taking The Master to a galactic trial. I don't know if this is the second or the third time that the series has portrayed coldblooded murder as the right thing to do, and it's disturbing. He's smarter than this. He has survived wars, seen countless galaxies, and he resorts to take vengeance on a helpless old man.
On a positive note, The Doctor gets to talk more in this episode. I may roll my eyes over how he's done every single great thing in the world, but I guess that that's just how Smiths doctor is.
I also note that The Doctor must have really gotten along with Rorys dad, seeing how many travels they did together.
While Amy seems less dark now, you can tell that The Doctor loves "the Ponds" so much that it's obvious that it will trip him up soon enough.
A foreword to the Doctor Who hating spammer:
I've tried to humour you, but if you insist, you leave me no choice but to create a new, separate Doctor Who thread every week. By doing that, I will probably turn this forum into a Doctor Who forum, but you brought that on yourself. Yes, I'm sure that you can still flood away threads that you want to censor, but in this way, I can restore them easier than you. You lose.
Something fantastic must have happened between the series, because this is the second episode that is really good. There is so much stuff happening that I can't believe they managed to squeeze it all into the time of an episode. The Doctor is once again in the spotlight, and the complaints I have are fairly minor.
Once again, things fall apart when you look at the seams of the plot development: Dinosaurs survive without that much vegetation to eat, teleports work once only (before they destroy themselves), dinosaurs chase golf balls, and controls are to be driven only by relatives. These are ass-pulls that could have been done and executed much, much better, and if it would mean sacrificing some of the events, then I'd be fine with it.
Also, the Doctor killed somebody. The Doctor could just as easily have sent Solomon back with the ark to answer for his deeds, but instead he executed a human being in cold blood with no other reason than hatred or vengeance. I could excuse any other action hero to do that, but for the Doctor, it is nothing but out of character. I'm not only thinking back to the space whale euthanasia scene where Tennants doctor stated that murder would undo him as The Doctor, but also to him taking The Master to a galactic trial. I don't know if this is the second or the third time that the series has portrayed coldblooded murder as the right thing to do, and it's disturbing. He's smarter than this. He has survived wars, seen countless galaxies, and he resorts to take vengeance on a helpless old man.
On a positive note, The Doctor gets to talk more in this episode. I may roll my eyes over how he's done every single great thing in the world, but I guess that that's just how Smiths doctor is.
I also note that The Doctor must have really gotten along with Rorys dad, seeing how many travels they did together.
While Amy seems less dark now, you can tell that The Doctor loves "the Ponds" so much that it's obvious that it will trip him up soon enough.