I don't like it. I've never liked it. Next to nothing in this story related or engaged me in any way. The only thing I liked really were the Hath who looked just magnificent, and I could feel myself welling up when that Hath got swallowed by the ground... The story just isn't particularly memorable and often I feel gets ignored and nobody really ever talks about it. The title is the first let down, I first watched this story before knowing titles or plots or anything like that as I didn't collect doctor who merchandise back then therefore to see the words 'The Doctors Daughter' gracing my screen made me almost gobsmacked. Then we get into the episode and it's basically just cloning (after a Sontaron two part, give me a break). So what I'm trying to say is the title is a tiny bit misleading. Secondly, the plot didn't really go anywhere. It was just two groups of people searching for this mysterious 'breath of life' and that's it. Sure the fact they've been fighting for only 7 days was a shock... for about 2 minutes. I also felt the setting didn't really offer anything to the story, I mean it didn't feel particularly scary or anything to fear really. Now as I've said my favourite and saddest scene is where a Hath and Martha go to the surface. I hate it when animals die even if it is a walking fish so I thought it was really emotional and well performed and Freema Agyeman needs a lot of credit for her acting here, it was fantastic. Jenny played by Georgia Moffett (now David Tennant's wife) was also brilliant, I like how she learns a lesson that fighting isn't everything. Now to my big moan about the episode; the resolution. I just felt it was unnecessary overreacting. Colonel Cobb didn't need to kill her, he had no reason and I felt like just a reason to make the doctor think she's dead. Then the fact she comes back to life (god knows how) to fly off saying she's going to save the world to be never heard of again?!? Overall an episode that has flaws but I feel the Hath and how beautiful they look makes up for this.
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