Well, that was terrible. Unlike 'Planet of the Dead', which was entirely bland from start to finish, it was mostly bad with occasional scaling of the heights of adequacy.
And someone, please, shoot garotte Murray Gold.
Just keep thinking: Karen Gillen. Karen Gillan. Karen Gillan.
mostly bad with occasional scaling of the heights of adequacy
Yes, that seems a reasonable summary. Particularly annoying (for me at least) was the point where I couldn't help thinking "this would make quite an effective ending" (and then looked at the time to see how much was left) about fifteen minutes before the thing finally ground to a halt.
With Davies episodes you have to refine your scale of badness. The praise is to distinguish it from, say, 'Last of the Time Lords' or 'Journey's End', which were entirely bad with no redeeming adequacy.
Certainly, whoever does the sound effect design for the show needs a damned good slapping. The range of stock sounds used verbatim was incredible, and some of them were just plain inappropriate.
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Date: 2009-11-15 11:48 pm (UTC)And someone, please, shoot garotte Murray Gold.
Just keep thinking: Karen Gillen. Karen Gillan. Karen Gillan.
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Date: 2009-11-15 11:58 pm (UTC)Yes, that seems a reasonable summary. Particularly annoying (for me at least) was the point where I couldn't help thinking "this would make quite an effective ending" (and then looked at the time to see how much was left) about fifteen minutes before the thing finally ground to a halt.
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Date: 2009-11-16 12:21 am (UTC)Generous praise! Unwarranted, IMHO. It had so much potential, but failed miserably.
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Date: 2009-11-16 12:34 am (UTC)S.
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Date: 2009-11-16 08:33 am (UTC)(no subject)
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