Re-watching some of the earlier seasons of Doctor Who you really do notice the hits and misses more clearly.
This was definitely more on the side of miss than hit. Perhaps the main reason for that is the terrible acting from Roger Lloyd Pack. It reminds me of one of those YouTube videos counting down the 10 most wooden actors. Now perhaps his acting is supposed to be robotic to a degree because he's turning into a robot himself and becoming less human. However, that still does not convince me that he's actually what he is supposed to be portraying and isn't that the point? He was awful in this episode!
The other thing that is really underwhelming, and has been mentioned by numerous other reviewers, is the way the TARDIS goes from dead to still alive and on a recharge cycle because of some lame glowing crystal. Surely something more inventive could have been thought of than this? There are in a parallel universe for a start. Which means perhaps there might be a parallel TARDIS and Doctor you could mooch parts off? It's just a lack of thought in writing. Someone should have surely flagged this as a terrible idea and reworked it to something more interesting during production.
I think that is the main problem, that is highlighted, with these earlier seasons is the quality of the writers isn't very high unless the episode is penned by Steven Moffat. Something I think they must have realised to a certain degree when Steven became the lead writer and more experienced quality writers were drafted in for other episodes.
This was definitely more on the side of miss than hit. Perhaps the main reason for that is the terrible acting from Roger Lloyd Pack. It reminds me of one of those YouTube videos counting down the 10 most wooden actors. Now perhaps his acting is supposed to be robotic to a degree because he's turning into a robot himself and becoming less human. However, that still does not convince me that he's actually what he is supposed to be portraying and isn't that the point? He was awful in this episode!
The other thing that is really underwhelming, and has been mentioned by numerous other reviewers, is the way the TARDIS goes from dead to still alive and on a recharge cycle because of some lame glowing crystal. Surely something more inventive could have been thought of than this? There are in a parallel universe for a start. Which means perhaps there might be a parallel TARDIS and Doctor you could mooch parts off? It's just a lack of thought in writing. Someone should have surely flagged this as a terrible idea and reworked it to something more interesting during production.
I think that is the main problem, that is highlighted, with these earlier seasons is the quality of the writers isn't very high unless the episode is penned by Steven Moffat. Something I think they must have realised to a certain degree when Steven became the lead writer and more experienced quality writers were drafted in for other episodes.