Watched 9-Jun
Still on the scaled up BluRays
This is a bleeding tragedy.
A sort of time travel fantasy homily about what if I could meet my dead Dad (or some other relative).
It's effective because of the way it's written and performed. The characters are presented as flawed and ordinary people (with bad taste and dumb decisions to find excuses for). This is unusual for DW which is typically populated by A+ geniuses and heroes (or evil psychoes).
The premise is a bit shaky. The Doctor allows, even encourages Rose to break the 'laws' of time and yet rips her when she goes too far. Perhaps the Doc has reached a who cares state if mind after the Dalek ep? If all Rose wanted to do was talk to her Dad why not dial up the year before death day and try then? (Cos we need a story, kids!)
The denouement is convenient. (Kill off Pete and all better, back to normal but there's only 45 minutes to fill here, so... Fry's law of TV and all that)
Again a major step up for DW where the story is about something other than the monsters and the Timelords and the sonic screwdriver.
Easy contender for best ep of the series... so far.
If Head Writer RTD ever decides to move on..... they should give Paul Cornell a ring....
ABM Rating 3.70/4.00
LJM Rating 4.28/5.00
SPJ Rating 9.60/10
No. 13 (out of 167)
LJM Rating 4.28/5.00
SPJ Rating 9.60/10
No. 13 (out of 167)
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