Dinosaurs On A Space Ship

[poliphilo]

Earlier incarnations of the Doctor didn't go in for kill and quip. It was one of the things that differentiated the character from other super hero types like Bond or Arnie. I sense (and deplore) a growing amorality. 

Otherwise this second episode fully delivered on the promise of its title. Production values have never been higher. Rory's Dad is the new Wilf Mott (only Wilf Mott moved me). 

Comments

[setsuled.livejournal.com]

I agree the Doctor is more interesting as a pacifist--pacifists are all too rare. Though I don't feel like he killed Solomon so lightly, the way he talked about whether Solomon gave the Silurians any chance for mercy. Solomon was an unrepentant mass-murderer who very likely would've done it again. It was certainly the Doctor turning to a not pacifist solution, but I wouldn't say it was amoral.

Still, when the Doctor goes darker, I kind of prefer what they were doing with the seventh Doctor, where he was a subtle manipulator kind of dark.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

This Doctor is altogether too breezy for my taste. I'd like him to slow down occasionally and reflect on what he's doing.