I really liked the alternate universe. I don't think Doctor Who has ever ventured into this before. However, I didn't care for the "blowing on a crystal" to bring the tardis back to life. I'd have preferred another method. I also don't care for the way the cybermen sound when the talk. I always had trouble understanding the ones in the classic series and these are even more difficult to hear. They should be more clear when they speak.
It is interesting to see Roger Lloyd-Pack and David Tennant in the same movie together again.. (They played Barty Crouch and Barty Crouch Junior in Harry Potter) I have awoken to the fact that Noel Clark can act. I always wondered if it was the character I didn't like or the actor. Now I know it is the character, since I get to see Noel playing Ricky Smith, Mickey's alter-ego.
I remember thinking about 15 minutes into the episode that this was really interesting and suspenseful. So I had wished it didn't have to be cramming into 45 minutes. Well, I got my wish as it was "to be continued" Even though I hate having to wait for the next episode. At least they don't do like Star Trek and have a season cliff-hanger that leaves you waiting a year to find out what happens. I only have to wait a week.
Again we get to see Rose's parents fighting. We saw that in Father's Day. It was obvious in both occasions that Jackie was the main person at fault. Pete seems a lot more like he is always on the defensive, while Jackie is yelling at him. She thought he was incompetent as a door-to-door salesman 20 years before in our universe, and in this universe he is a billionaire and she still thinks he is incompetent. You just can't please some women.
One thing that bothered me was the obvious fact that this universe was more or less like ours. It must have been exactly like ours up until approx. 20 years before, when some things started to go a different course. Yet in this 20 years we have some technology that can't possibly have been developed, like the things in the ears that seem to control people's brains. But I keep waiting to see in the next episode if maybe that is from some alien influence we haven't discovered yet.. After all, Cybermen weren't supposed to be a creation of humans, I don't think.
Over all... very good.
It is interesting to see Roger Lloyd-Pack and David Tennant in the same movie together again.. (They played Barty Crouch and Barty Crouch Junior in Harry Potter) I have awoken to the fact that Noel Clark can act. I always wondered if it was the character I didn't like or the actor. Now I know it is the character, since I get to see Noel playing Ricky Smith, Mickey's alter-ego.
I remember thinking about 15 minutes into the episode that this was really interesting and suspenseful. So I had wished it didn't have to be cramming into 45 minutes. Well, I got my wish as it was "to be continued" Even though I hate having to wait for the next episode. At least they don't do like Star Trek and have a season cliff-hanger that leaves you waiting a year to find out what happens. I only have to wait a week.
Again we get to see Rose's parents fighting. We saw that in Father's Day. It was obvious in both occasions that Jackie was the main person at fault. Pete seems a lot more like he is always on the defensive, while Jackie is yelling at him. She thought he was incompetent as a door-to-door salesman 20 years before in our universe, and in this universe he is a billionaire and she still thinks he is incompetent. You just can't please some women.
One thing that bothered me was the obvious fact that this universe was more or less like ours. It must have been exactly like ours up until approx. 20 years before, when some things started to go a different course. Yet in this 20 years we have some technology that can't possibly have been developed, like the things in the ears that seem to control people's brains. But I keep waiting to see in the next episode if maybe that is from some alien influence we haven't discovered yet.. After all, Cybermen weren't supposed to be a creation of humans, I don't think.
Over all... very good.