The Rebel Flesh
Hm. Liked the beginning. Liked the set-up, liked the idea. But around the point where the Doctor went to try and prevent the . . . sun storm? Tsunami? Thing? from animating the "flesh", I thought the episode kind of fell apart. Still liked the idea, and liked the basic concept, but I felt that the characters were acting incredibly disorganized and incompetent. I mean, they're all trained workers and they have a command hierarchy. The Doctor is quite good at taking charge. Someone should have taken the lead and made sure everyone did only what they were supposed to do. Instead, everyone ran around aimlessly, and the entire thing felt incredibly disorganized. Possibly how a real crisis like that would have been handled, but it's not a real crisis, and watching people run around like headless chickens isn't exactly entertaining. The script could have used some tightening and cleaning up, and the episode could have used a bit more coherency.
Also, what is it with the evil female base commanders? That is becoming such a trope, and not a fun one. At least give her a little bit of a third dimension. She was acting completely irrationally, to a degree that suggests that she would never have managed to work her way up into a commanding role. Sheesh.
Chris. :3 I approve of Chris. He's adorable. Although it was a bit disorienting having him in this episode. I kept expecting Gene to show up and tell everyone to get their shit together and stop acting like a group of catholic priests at a speed-dating event. Though that would probably have improved the episode.
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