Okay I promised myself I wasn't going to get hung up with the female casting of the title role. Considering the utter nonsense we were getting under Moffat the only thing that could make it worse is if Chibnall had cast Bill Cosby in the role , but watching DOCTOR WHO is like supporting a football team that wins the Champions League while getting relegated in the same season. Regardless of the quality I will still watch the episode
And what we got wasn't a new era but a new show, From the opening sequence where Ryan tries and fails to ride a bike we've got something similar to CORONATION ST with monsters . The RTD era was similar in feel but there's a warmth to this type of soap opera feel . The story itself benefits from a large amount of night filming that adds to the atmosphere but the best thing is the incidental music that doesn't jump out and tell what tone the sequence is implying but adds to the visuals. The monster itself is obviously inspired by the PREDATOR movies but it's not really a criticism and did I notice a reference to the Hammer version of QUATERMASS AND THE PIT with a climax set on a crane ? If you're stealing post modernist ideas then steal a good idea
It'll be interesting to see what Whittaker brings to the role but I did find a bit derivative and instantly reminded me of Eccleston probably down to the Northern accent but since we've got a different showrunner we might get a bit of consistency . The Problem with Moffat/Capaldi is that the actor seemed to be playing a different character in each episode which ended degenerating in to the actor playing a different character scene to scene
With this debut episode we're watching something that DOCTOR WHO should be . Simple storytelling involving monsters and other family friendly imagery . There are some flaws , it's slightly manipulative but again it's not a criticism and I'm very hopeful . Of course knowing my luck I'll fall in love with the show all over again then it'll get cancelled. I'll probably have to make the most of this season's curtailed episode count
And what we got wasn't a new era but a new show, From the opening sequence where Ryan tries and fails to ride a bike we've got something similar to CORONATION ST with monsters . The RTD era was similar in feel but there's a warmth to this type of soap opera feel . The story itself benefits from a large amount of night filming that adds to the atmosphere but the best thing is the incidental music that doesn't jump out and tell what tone the sequence is implying but adds to the visuals. The monster itself is obviously inspired by the PREDATOR movies but it's not really a criticism and did I notice a reference to the Hammer version of QUATERMASS AND THE PIT with a climax set on a crane ? If you're stealing post modernist ideas then steal a good idea
It'll be interesting to see what Whittaker brings to the role but I did find a bit derivative and instantly reminded me of Eccleston probably down to the Northern accent but since we've got a different showrunner we might get a bit of consistency . The Problem with Moffat/Capaldi is that the actor seemed to be playing a different character in each episode which ended degenerating in to the actor playing a different character scene to scene
With this debut episode we're watching something that DOCTOR WHO should be . Simple storytelling involving monsters and other family friendly imagery . There are some flaws , it's slightly manipulative but again it's not a criticism and I'm very hopeful . Of course knowing my luck I'll fall in love with the show all over again then it'll get cancelled. I'll probably have to make the most of this season's curtailed episode count