First of the score 6 out of 10 because the first half of this episode was good and in some places genuinely scary and the Doctor was actually allowed to be the Doctor for once rather than a side show to the main story line. However, as is the pattern for this modern Dr Who this careful build up is thrown away in another display of indulgent feminist claptrap.
The current set of writers seem to be very unhappy wring Scifi and seem to aspire to be lead writers for Eastenders or Casualty where they can indulge their own Utopian fantasies of strong woman and the men are rather not needed and can go overboard with a sea of emotions and feelings. You will notice in this story all the men were weak and pathetic and got eaten before we even learnt their names, whilst all the women did that heroic thing of running down corridors whilst the background did fancy explosions. Also got they got back stories so we would feel for them whilst they made their angst decisions.
Anyway I am getting sidetracked slightly and if I carry on people will thing I am completely anti women, I am not, I like women, I like them to have good roles in film and TV . Science fiction in particular is a good opportunity for gender and race to note matter and people are just that people. Good SciFi involves you in the story so much you do not care who plays what part. Unfortunately this is not good SciFi and thus the irritating Oswald thing keeps getting in the way. hence the title of this Ill informed rant .. has she finally gone? I flipping hope so, then no more soup story and get back to the SciFi, But i fear she will be back, the Doctor will humbly say sorry and that he is lonely and .. no sorry can not even bare to think of it.
I am really getting side tracked today, so back to this episode, in summary good scary start back to the Doctor who of old, rubbish rushed ending and many many errors and unanswered questions such as 'How do you recreate a new moon out of nothing in less than a minute?'
The current set of writers seem to be very unhappy wring Scifi and seem to aspire to be lead writers for Eastenders or Casualty where they can indulge their own Utopian fantasies of strong woman and the men are rather not needed and can go overboard with a sea of emotions and feelings. You will notice in this story all the men were weak and pathetic and got eaten before we even learnt their names, whilst all the women did that heroic thing of running down corridors whilst the background did fancy explosions. Also got they got back stories so we would feel for them whilst they made their angst decisions.
Anyway I am getting sidetracked slightly and if I carry on people will thing I am completely anti women, I am not, I like women, I like them to have good roles in film and TV . Science fiction in particular is a good opportunity for gender and race to note matter and people are just that people. Good SciFi involves you in the story so much you do not care who plays what part. Unfortunately this is not good SciFi and thus the irritating Oswald thing keeps getting in the way. hence the title of this Ill informed rant .. has she finally gone? I flipping hope so, then no more soup story and get back to the SciFi, But i fear she will be back, the Doctor will humbly say sorry and that he is lonely and .. no sorry can not even bare to think of it.
I am really getting side tracked today, so back to this episode, in summary good scary start back to the Doctor who of old, rubbish rushed ending and many many errors and unanswered questions such as 'How do you recreate a new moon out of nothing in less than a minute?'