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NuWho Review Redux: The Hungry Earth
Finally catching up to the present in my repost of my GB rate thread reviews. Here are my first thoughts on The Hungry Earth:
Re: Rate / Review "The Hungry Earth"
9/10 from me, because it was better than I thought it could possibly be, pretty much the best possible execution of what it set out to do, given what they had to work with. A few other ( Read more... ) -
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Re: Rate / Review "Amy's Choice"
I was torn between an 8 and a 9, and now I wish I'd gone with the 9. First off, the episode was beautifully shot, especially the closeups of frozen faces in the TARDIS toward the end. Our lead actors were all terrific, but then I always think so. The mind game stuff and competition between the ( Read more... ) -
NuWho Review Redux: The Vampires of Venice
Re: Rate / Review "The Vampires of Venice" 8/10 from me. I thoroughly enjoyed it and it certainly didn't have any major flaws as VotDaleks had, but it's not in the very top rank either.
Rory was engaging (no pun intended) and I liked both his broomstick battle and his perceptive critique of the Doctor's effect on companions. ( Read more... ) -
NuWho Review Redux: Flesh and Stone
Re: Rate / Review "Flesh and Stone"
Another 10/10 from me. Matt Smith continues to astonish me with his characterization of the Doctor - he's already managed to leapfrog (or giraffe?) his way into the #2 spot on my personal list of favorite Doctors. Karen Gillan and Alex Kingston are very good also, along with the guest cast, but Matt ( Read more... ) -
NuWho Review Redux: The Time of Angels
Re: Rate / Review "The Time of Angels"
I watched this three times before rating in case I eventually discovered some reason not to give it a 10. I didn't find one.
My husband called it "Steven Moffat's greatest hits" in terms of recurring story elements, but I would add that those elements were handled in new ways and cranked ( Read more... ) -
NuWho Review Redux: Victory of the Daleks
Re: Rate / Review "Victory of the Daleks"
I need another time through this and more sleep to really settle into an opinion, but I gave it a seven, my lowest rating in a while.
It was great to finally see Technicolor Daleks after all these years, the size and slightly odd shape notwithstanding. Colorful Daleks were the only ( Read more... ) -
NuWho Review Redux: The Beast Below
From my postings on GB:
"The Beast Below"
I stopped myself from giving this a 9 or 10, and settled on 8.
Positives:
*Great characters and dialogue
*Packed with ideas and the Doctor being clever
*the villains (such as they are) acting for the perceived greater good instead of random malevolence or a meaningless grab for power.
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NuWho Review Redux: The Eleventh Hour
Continuing the reposting of my comments about recent Doctor Who episodes from the Gallifrey Base rate threads. If nothing else, these will make the entries easier for me personally to find and reread, or at lease look up my numerical ratings.
The Eleventh Hour: Initial Comments
That was glorious. "Absolute pinnacle" about covers it. So many ( Read more... ) -
New Who Review Redux: The End of Time
David Tennant's swansong as the Doctor, The End of Time, was originally broadcast over Christmas 2009 and New Year's Day 2010 in the UK. I will combine my two reviews in this entry.
On Part One (25 Dec 2009, 11:48 pm):
I had to debate between a 9 and a 10 and ended up with 10. Epic, emotional, intricate, funny in spots, with WTF moments I trust RTD ( Read more... ) -
New Who Review Redux: Dreamland
My harshest review since Gallifrey Base set up shop last summer was for "Dreamland," an animated story originally aired in one twelve minute episodes followed by a series of six minute ones. Here was my reaction:
I only gave it a 5 (out of 10), I'm afraid, which is by far the worst rating I would give any Tenth Doctor story to date. Not that I ( Read more... )