(there are no spoilers in this review... I think) A little late so sorry for that but here goes. The big special, 50 years in the making something I've been looking forward to for ages was finally here. If only it could have lasted longer. I thought it was brilliant, brilliantly directed, brilliantly written and brilliantly acted. There are some wonderful scenes here, just some many, there's the scene in Trafalgar square, the scenes on Gallifrey and possibly the best bit of all (2 best bit's) the scene with all the doctors and the scene with Tom Baker which was excellent and made me feel so proud to be a whovian. There are few parts that I didn't like but I will tell you them: The amount of time spent on the Zygons. I felt that way too much focus was on the Zygons who appeared in one episode previously in the episode that celebrated 50 years. The second and final thing I didn't particularly like (and most people probably disagree) was the closing theme with all the doctors, although it included all the doctor's faces, the normal one was better I though and more time should have been spent on it. Anyway, away from the bad points, the opening scenes mirroring 'An Unearthly child' were magnificent. I could go on forever about the amazing things but I am running out of room. I hope that 'The time of the doctor' will be as amazing and I wonder what effects this story will have on future story's. Overall sadly not my favourite doctor who episode ever but still pretty darn brilliant! And I hope you liked it too.
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Amazing... simply amazing. That's all I can say to sum up this episode. I have been struggling what to write about this episode other than amazing. It included everything to make a gripping, funny, well made drama. It is also incredibly accurate showing the journey William Hartnell went on which included some very emotional scenes. There was also bucket loads of scenes that brought goose pimples, a big example of this is when they had the Daleks on the bridge, this scene really made me proud to be a whovian. The acting is the finest I have ever seen particularly David Bradley and Jessica Raine as William Hartnell and Verity Lambert, they really showed the struggle to keep doctor who on and I really liked scenes with these two together. Some excellent locations and set's like the TARDIS set and filming at BBC TV centre which they re-decorated to look like the 1960's. I honestly can't praise David Bradley enough for his performance and he really portrayed William Hartnell well. I cannot wait to get this on DVD and watch it over and over again. It would have been cool if they set the DVD cover out like the classic DVD format but you can't have everything. Overall an amazing piece of drama beautifully written by Mark Gatiss and beautifully acted by everyone really. A great tribute to William Hartnell and doctor who as a whole. |
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