The Eleventh HourAuthor: jawapro
Date: Sat 10/04/2010 04:08 PM
I’ve been meaning to post about this for a while now - but a few late nights at work, a couple of nights of gaming with mates, and yet another blown up modem (I bought a surge protector this time!) have pushed it aside. Until now.
For those who aren’t in the loop - Doctor Who started in the UK again last weekend. Thanks to sources in the UK, I have been able to watch it. This was the first episode with the eleventh doctor, Matt Smith.
I quite liked David Tenants Doctor (I know people who hated him) - but I think Matt Smith is looking pretty good so far. His first episode was almost certainly the strongest opening for a new doctor since the series rebooted in 2005.
There’s a new doctor, a very pretty new companion, and even the Tardis has to regenerate (it got pretty messed up at the end of the last episode) - but the biggest and best change is that we’ve finally lost Russell T Davis and replaced him with Steven Moffat as lead writer and producer.
Now, don’t get me wrong - I think Russell did a great job in bringing the show back from the dead - but ever since he’s been a problem. The best episodes were always written by someone else (often Steven Moffat) and the lamest were written by RTD. He was especially bad with the 2 part epic stories, where he could come up with a great idea and then utterly fail to pull it off in the second half.
With Steven Moffat at the helm of the show, and Matt Smith’s Doctor at the helm of the Tardis - this should be an incredible season of Dr Who. The season preview at the end of the episode was fantastic!
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