Well it’s about time!
At last an episode that I
enjoyed - don’t get me wrong it’s got its
problems, but it’s more than capable of overcoming them.
The key to it’s success is that
it isn’t trying too hard to be about some deep and meaningful, like it’s two
immediate prequels. It doesn’t attempt to critically compare the Doctor to a
war criminal or paint him as some sort of militant animal lover.
It’s nice to see the Doctor
not being burdened with his conscience every five minutes, but exploring the
true reason that he travels the universe; boredom.
The idea that Amy and Rory
might be getting tired of travelling with him is also quite good; it gives off
the impression that while we’re all sure it’d be awesome to go flying round the
universe, even that gets tiresome after you’ve figured out how to have a nice
life in one place. It goes back to the comment that the Ninth Doctor made in
‘Father’s Day” about the wonders of a normal life that he could never have. It’s
nice to see this kind of continuity being shown.
There are some pitfalls - I don’t quite understand why the bad guys
wanted the human race dead and the explanation for what they were seemed to be
built off your standard legendary-monster-from-protagonist’s-childhood that who has used more than a few times.
That "Power of Three" line at the end was is the sort of hack writing that belongs in Smallville and kind of put a downer on the end for me.
Also the good idea that Amy
and Rory might prefer their normal life to that of the Doctor’s is seemingly
just written off for the sake of the plot in the last two minutes.
Overall; not much to say - it’s an improvement on last week and
doesn’t try to shoehorn in issues that don't really fit the show’s tone.
Good supporting cast and a
good make up job on the bad guy.
With the exception of the
ending line, there’s not much wrong with this episode.
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