New Doctor Who Discussion

[JHyde]

I love the sexy new TARDIS.

Mark Gatiss' episode was really great. It never gets old - that decision the Doctor has to make sometimes and we've seen it before with varying degrees of craziness - the Daleks or humanity. The Daleks or the Earth. The Daleks or reality. Every time it packs a punch.

The most recent episode was slow to start and Alex Kingston's hair is soooo unflattering. (Pity, because I liked her in season 4 but not so crazy this time around. Maybe that will get better next episode.) Having said that, I loved Sacred Bob coming over the radio as the angels' mouthpiece - very scary, very like Moffat's library episodes when Dave was speaking after he'd died. The clerics jokes are funny too.

Iain Glen's on spooks? Missed that one!

The angels are definitely nowhere near as benign as they were in 'Blink'.

Also, I loved the beginning of this episode. Starting in the museum was a lovely throwback to the beginning of the episodes in the library, except this time it was the biggest museum in the whole of history. Imagine how tired one would be! I loved the Doctor jumping around from one display to another.

Matt Smith is doing great, I think. He reminds me a lot of Peter Davison's doctor actually. He's really good at being older than he looks and you trust him - you need to be able to trust the doctor.

Also, he has a wonderful speaking voice. Really impressive.

I'm looking forward to seeing how this storyline is resolved.