Doctor Who 7x1 - Asylum of the Daleks
I just remembered I haven't posted anything yet about Saturday's DW.
I've only watched it the once, on transmission, but I enjoyed it at the time, and I didn't see the twist at the end coming, probably because I - as I suspect, were others - was wondering how the Doctor was going to rescue his companion-to-be and how come we hadn't heard about there being an extra body in the TARDIS between now and Christmas.
When it came down to it though, I decided she was rather too flippant and trying too hard to be super-confident and sexy... hm... Moffat wrote this one, didn't he?
I confess, I like the Daleks, so I don't care about whether I see them every year; I like seeing them every year! - and YAY! for PROPER Daleks and not just the Skittles variety.
Despite Amy's "who's scared? Germonimo!" speech, I got the feeling that her heart isn't really in this any more. Of course, there was the question of her and Rory splitting up - I liked that he actually said what we've all known from day 1; namely that he loves her far more than she does him - which could account for that. But nonetheless, I'm starting to get the impression that she doesn't particularly like the Doctor any more. Which, considering what happened to her last series (and, horrid though it was, thankfully, it wasn't just ignored as though it had never happened) isn't surprising.
Next week, as well as the titular dinosaurs, it's time to play "spot the thesp" - I saw Mark Williams, David Bradley and Rupert Graves in the trailer and I'm pretty sure I missed a couple. It seems that this is the "lets throw everything in and see what comes out" method of programme making, no? But I suppose it's more fun that way!
I've only watched it the once, on transmission, but I enjoyed it at the time, and I didn't see the twist at the end coming, probably because I - as I suspect, were others - was wondering how the Doctor was going to rescue his companion-to-be and how come we hadn't heard about there being an extra body in the TARDIS between now and Christmas.
When it came down to it though, I decided she was rather too flippant and trying too hard to be super-confident and sexy... hm... Moffat wrote this one, didn't he?
I confess, I like the Daleks, so I don't care about whether I see them every year; I like seeing them every year! - and YAY! for PROPER Daleks and not just the Skittles variety.
Despite Amy's "who's scared? Germonimo!" speech, I got the feeling that her heart isn't really in this any more. Of course, there was the question of her and Rory splitting up - I liked that he actually said what we've all known from day 1; namely that he loves her far more than she does him - which could account for that. But nonetheless, I'm starting to get the impression that she doesn't particularly like the Doctor any more. Which, considering what happened to her last series (and, horrid though it was, thankfully, it wasn't just ignored as though it had never happened) isn't surprising.
Next week, as well as the titular dinosaurs, it's time to play "spot the thesp" - I saw Mark Williams, David Bradley and Rupert Graves in the trailer and I'm pretty sure I missed a couple. It seems that this is the "lets throw everything in and see what comes out" method of programme making, no? But I suppose it's more fun that way!