Watched 18-Jun
Off the Bluray
This is a vehicle for a new Doctor and it isn't great. Tennant himself is good but the plot and the story are a bit ho hum.
Dramatically it struggles. Performances are unconvincing.
The plot is just silly. Killer Xmas trees, "pilot fish", "blood" control, this new hand is a fightin' hand, the marauding bunch of aliens who just follow on from the 'pilot fish' Santas and just give in after a bit of swordfighting on the patio of their giant spaceship.
The end is reminiscent of Thatcher and the possibly/probably retreating ship ARA General Belgrano in the 1982 Falklands War. (Link here)
Whatever its dramatic merits the climax cuts right across the rest of the piece, tonally.
ABM Rating 2.70/4.00
LJM Rating 3.00/5.00
SPJ Rating 6.90/10
No. 101 (out of 167)
LJM Rating 3.00/5.00
SPJ Rating 6.90/10
No. 101 (out of 167)
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