Doctor Who: Series 6 (So far...)

Let's get into it, this review is late as it is.

First double parter answered one question and made several more. Fuck you, Steven Moffat. Either way, it was a great way to kick off a series and the opening double kept momentum up, something which I think should be done in every series after this. It has been talked about to death on blogs and whatnot, so I won't go any further, but give it a watch. It's better than Merlin.

The next episode...had pirates. Awesome. This bit of whimsy was pretty good and it had Hugh Bonneville, just back from his excellent turn in Twenty Twelve. However, the episode was merely a usual "meet a group of people and save them" episode hidden behind a skull and crossbones. While the introduction of a child raised emotion, it was hardly enough. There was also a gaping plothole where a man disappears and turns up again, which suggests cracks or poor editing. We also got a very pretty, yet hollow villain, played by Lily Cole. It did suggest something that may come up later on in the series, but let's not go into that. Enough geeks have. And I'm not a geek. At least not one that can be bothered.

Now, the most recent episode, The Doctor's Wife. With an episode title like that, it attracts attention, like that massive cop-out that was The Next Doctor. This was written by Neil Gaiman, an excellent comic writer, best known for his book, Sandman, and for the book that was adapted into Stardust. Expectations = High. no pressure.

It kicks off into high gear with promises of Time Lords and the like, so they go outside of the universe. There they meet patchwork people, an Ood and the scrumptious Suranne Jones, playing Idris. The planet tries to eat the TARDIS and the Doctor and Idris try to stop it.

And Rory dies again.

Why was this episode so good? It wasn't the most complex by any means. There was no frustrating timey-wimey like in the opening two parter's opening five minutes. There was good acting, however, as Matt Smith stopped acting like a baby and added some gravitas which has been missed since the reign of Tennant. His relationship with the TARDIS is explored, something which has only been hinted at, and like all good series, it hints at what is to come in the rest of the series. Not to mention some quoteworthy lines that I'm sure will be on T-Shirts at Comic Con.

Arthur Darville proves to be the best actor/character on the show again and Amy Pond is slightly less annoying, especially as she doesn't seem to know everything anymore. Neither did the Doctor, which was a nice change. All in all, it was a good episode, probably the best of the series so far, though the stakes did seem lower than in the opening attack of the series.

Next week is a double parter which looks incredibly dull and could have been fit into one. Like the Silurians one or that Impossible Pit or that other one which escapes me, but was rotten.

Go for it. Geronimo.

This review has been incredibly rushed. I may start doing them in video form.