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weewarriorShort: loved it!
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The Dickens-on-sugar-overload look, something I normally despise, worked great in contrast to the cold, industrial cybermen settings.
I usually hate Cybermen, even more so than Daleks, but ohh, Cybershades! I have no earthly idea what they are supposed to be - apes? Dogs? Bears? They were adorable! (And no, I don't want to think about how they were probably created.)
I guessed who David Morrissey was fairly quickly, but was positively surprised that they solved the riddle quite early. I generally loved how they dealt with the story, Jackson Lake's trauma, and how he held onto The Doctor's identity to escape from it. I thought Morrissey sold it really well, too, even though his Doctor persona was quite larger than life. And I liked how he stayed a Victorian gentleman throughout, even though it made me want to kick him occasionally. 19th century men have that effect on me. (Speaking of which, the look Ten shot him after he said he thought of Rosita as a great nursemaid really spoke volumes.) He and Tennant had great chemistry again, but I wouldn't have doubted that after Blackpool.
Rosita was truly, truly fabulous, and she did not die! I doubt she'll really be Little Frederic's Nanny (at least not for very long), that would be such a waste.
I don't think the Doctor goes thankless all the time to be honest, but I filed that under Unavoidable Christmas Kitsch. Little Frederic went there, too, btw - that kid was mostly hired for his big blue eyes, wasn't he?
Miss Hartigan was somewhat of a mixed blessing: I could have lived without her constant declarations of hating men, as making that her sole reason for becoming evil was both rather flat and came across as anti-feminist at various points, and her ending was rather been there, done that, but nonetheless Dervla Kirwan was truly fabulous, and I bet Hartigan would wipe the floor with any previous villains, including the Master. I for one would definitely welcome her as our new evil overlord. (And I think she's instantly compatible with Ms. Wormwood from Sarah Jane Adventures.)
And finally, the part which would probably have made me love this episode even if everything else had sucked: The Cyber-King! Everyone else whose reactions I looked at so far hated it, but I don't care, because GIANT STEAM-PUNK ROBOT!! Squee!!!
Slightly Longer:
The Dickens-on-sugar-overload look, something I normally despise, worked great in contrast to the cold, industrial cybermen settings.
I usually hate Cybermen, even more so than Daleks, but ohh, Cybershades! I have no earthly idea what they are supposed to be - apes? Dogs? Bears? They were adorable! (And no, I don't want to think about how they were probably created.)
I guessed who David Morrissey was fairly quickly, but was positively surprised that they solved the riddle quite early. I generally loved how they dealt with the story, Jackson Lake's trauma, and how he held onto The Doctor's identity to escape from it. I thought Morrissey sold it really well, too, even though his Doctor persona was quite larger than life. And I liked how he stayed a Victorian gentleman throughout, even though it made me want to kick him occasionally. 19th century men have that effect on me. (Speaking of which, the look Ten shot him after he said he thought of Rosita as a great nursemaid really spoke volumes.) He and Tennant had great chemistry again, but I wouldn't have doubted that after Blackpool.
Rosita was truly, truly fabulous, and she did not die! I doubt she'll really be Little Frederic's Nanny (at least not for very long), that would be such a waste.
I don't think the Doctor goes thankless all the time to be honest, but I filed that under Unavoidable Christmas Kitsch. Little Frederic went there, too, btw - that kid was mostly hired for his big blue eyes, wasn't he?
Miss Hartigan was somewhat of a mixed blessing: I could have lived without her constant declarations of hating men, as making that her sole reason for becoming evil was both rather flat and came across as anti-feminist at various points, and her ending was rather been there, done that, but nonetheless Dervla Kirwan was truly fabulous, and I bet Hartigan would wipe the floor with any previous villains, including the Master. I for one would definitely welcome her as our new evil overlord. (And I think she's instantly compatible with Ms. Wormwood from Sarah Jane Adventures.)
And finally, the part which would probably have made me love this episode even if everything else had sucked: The Cyber-King! Everyone else whose reactions I looked at so far hated it, but I don't care, because GIANT STEAM-PUNK ROBOT!! Squee!!!
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Date: 2008-12-26 09:37 pm (UTC)