Dr Who, Season 36: Random Points In No Particular Order

[poliphilo]

 If the Silence have been leeching off humanity since the beginnings of civilisation, how come the Doctor hasn't winkled them out before?

Are we to imagine The Silence as an invisible presence in every Who adventure since the Hartnell era? It's a bit of a stretch.

 

Big heads and floppy hands. I'm afraid I'm less impressed by the Silence than I'm supposed to be. They're so obviously just men in prosthetics.

 

Matt Smith's Doctor is adorable, but it's hard to care about him. He lacks the vulnerability Eccleston and Tennant brought to the role.

Actually, the only character I care about is River Song. Am I showing my age?

Amy and Rory are sweet and funny, so why don't I give a monkey's?  

I enjoyed both episodes immensely, but afterwards I shrugged. This is fast food TV. 

Best moment so far? The utterly inexplicable Lynchian lady with the eye-patch at the spy hole that wasn't really there. Now there's a touch of authentic weirdness.

 

Playing Nixon as  genial and trustworthy is counter intuitive and smart. 

 

It was nice to see Monument Valley, but given its deep cinematic history, you'd have thought they could have extracted a little more poetry from it.

Comments

[internet-sampo.livejournal.com]

Ayyyyy! Spoilers! We just got the first episode here in the US.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Sorry about that, but at least I didn't reveal who came out on top. Bet you can't guess.

[internet-sampo.livejournal.com]

When I realized you were referring to the complete season I stopped reading.

I can probably guess who came out on top ... but there's always hope: according to the old series the Doctor's 12th regeneration is evil.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

No, no- not the complete season. We've only seen two episodes. We're as much in the dark as you are- almost.