Sometimes there are "good goofy" doctor who episodes, and sometimes there are "bad goofy" ones. This was one of the bad ones.
Don't get me wrong, i'm far from hating it. But just casually making earth the center of the spider-racnoss people's species is so...so strange.
I actually really liked donna, I enjoyed how she was intentionally annoying. Every companion in new doctor who (I haven't seen the original) has been young, wide-eyed individuals. So to have someone so opposed to the doctor's antics is really interesting. His charm just doesn't work on her, and I thought that new dynamic was really clever.
But an evil fiancé working with a spider lady, just because? That was real cheesy, and they just kinda fed all that exposition to us in one minute, not letting us digest (ew sorry) much before the next action scene.
Sad that donna didn't come with, i hope we see her another time. Overall, though, this is a pretty forgettable Christmas special.
Don't get me wrong, i'm far from hating it. But just casually making earth the center of the spider-racnoss people's species is so...so strange.
I actually really liked donna, I enjoyed how she was intentionally annoying. Every companion in new doctor who (I haven't seen the original) has been young, wide-eyed individuals. So to have someone so opposed to the doctor's antics is really interesting. His charm just doesn't work on her, and I thought that new dynamic was really clever.
But an evil fiancé working with a spider lady, just because? That was real cheesy, and they just kinda fed all that exposition to us in one minute, not letting us digest (ew sorry) much before the next action scene.
Sad that donna didn't come with, i hope we see her another time. Overall, though, this is a pretty forgettable Christmas special.