No sign of Jimmy Big Hands...
Sigh of relief here. Doctor Who, sorry, DoctAAARRRRR Who is quite good when Moffat isn't vomiting his smug, self satisfied face into your eyes.
Billy Big Beard, or Hugh Bonneville's character - whatever his name was - struck me as decidedly... un-piratey at first, but I soon put that aside because he was a good character overall. And he had a BEARD. I liked the constant beard worship that went on in this episode. And the Doctor gets a HAT! Briefly. Amy was pretty kick-ass in this episode, too. The whole look and style of everything was nicely done - the CGI is looking smooth and finely tuned now - a well oiled machined after five years, I suppose.
Loved the dialogue and especially the captain and the doctor having their 'who's the better captain' dick measuring contest.
EPIC BEARD WORSHIP. XD
A few gripes - How many fucking times does Rory have to die? THREE TIMES NOW! Once in Amy's Choice. Once in Cold Blood and now again here. Should have been Amy, just to even it out a bit.
I really, REALLY do not like Eleven's new shirts.
Something in the mirror - something can COME OUT OF THE WATER!?! Hmm, a little similar to the whole 'something in the corner of your eye' shtick.
Why weren't the Doctor, Amy and Billy put on a table like the others?
Things that I'm not sure how to feel about... Emergency Medical Hologram? Seriously? I mean, it was a good twist story-wise. But... Meh, I'll let it go. I do like it when a Who monster has a legitimately benevolant motivation, yet gets it kind of wrong. Reminded me a bit of the nanogenes from The Empty Child... Hmm... MOFFAT!!! *shakes fist*
Pirates flying a space ship... Space Pirates? It'd be neat if they turned out to be the ancestors of the space pirates from... The Space Pirates (a Second Doctor Story from his 3rd series)
The music was kind of cheesy, but I'm willing to let it slide.
That siren pulled weird faces.
Next week... The little white box from The War Games! Oooohh! It's the Neil Gaiman episode. Looks neat-o. With Moar TARDIS interior?? Possibly? And Green Ood!
It has been brought to my attention that Hugh Bonneville's character was called "captain Avory". In the First Doctor's story "The Smugglers" (filmed, like this one, in Cornwall), there was mention of "Cpatain Avory's cursed gold"... OoooOOoooHh! :D
Billy Big Beard, or Hugh Bonneville's character - whatever his name was - struck me as decidedly... un-piratey at first, but I soon put that aside because he was a good character overall. And he had a BEARD. I liked the constant beard worship that went on in this episode. And the Doctor gets a HAT! Briefly. Amy was pretty kick-ass in this episode, too. The whole look and style of everything was nicely done - the CGI is looking smooth and finely tuned now - a well oiled machined after five years, I suppose.
Loved the dialogue and especially the captain and the doctor having their 'who's the better captain' dick measuring contest.
EPIC BEARD WORSHIP. XD
A few gripes - How many fucking times does Rory have to die? THREE TIMES NOW! Once in Amy's Choice. Once in Cold Blood and now again here. Should have been Amy, just to even it out a bit.
I really, REALLY do not like Eleven's new shirts.
Something in the mirror - something can COME OUT OF THE WATER!?! Hmm, a little similar to the whole 'something in the corner of your eye' shtick.
Why weren't the Doctor, Amy and Billy put on a table like the others?
Things that I'm not sure how to feel about... Emergency Medical Hologram? Seriously? I mean, it was a good twist story-wise. But... Meh, I'll let it go. I do like it when a Who monster has a legitimately benevolant motivation, yet gets it kind of wrong. Reminded me a bit of the nanogenes from The Empty Child... Hmm... MOFFAT!!! *shakes fist*
Pirates flying a space ship... Space Pirates? It'd be neat if they turned out to be the ancestors of the space pirates from... The Space Pirates (a Second Doctor Story from his 3rd series)
The music was kind of cheesy, but I'm willing to let it slide.
That siren pulled weird faces.
Next week... The little white box from The War Games! Oooohh! It's the Neil Gaiman episode. Looks neat-o. With Moar TARDIS interior?? Possibly? And Green Ood!
It has been brought to my attention that Hugh Bonneville's character was called "captain Avory". In the First Doctor's story "The Smugglers" (filmed, like this one, in Cornwall), there was mention of "Cpatain Avory's cursed gold"... OoooOOoooHh! :D