May 19, 2008
I've watched the DVD set of third season of Dr Who over the last few days.
After the stellar first two seasons I had highly anticipated this.
Good points:
About the hottest "companion" ever. Freema Agyeman give a superb performance as Martha Jones, a savvy, and gorgeous med student who joins the Dr. on his trips through time and space. Martha is sharp as a tack, a fast learner and quite level headed.
Daleks...screeching and killing (while screeching).
The cat dude in the traffic jam...and his family.
Several interesting stories with neat ideas, great effects and superb pacing.
Bad points:
Most of those stories were saddled with tedious subplots ripped from the headlines of...er...ABC afterschool specials.
Not enough Daleks screeching (and killing while screeching).
The 'Docktah' is not just PC, but seems to be channeling Leon Kass at times.
Pig people...which go a long way to cancel out Daleks....
The Doctor comes off as even more of a pompous, callous ass...
...and he keeps pining for Rose (a previous companion).
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I did not see "Blink" as it refused to play on my computer.
Very uneven season, most disappointing were the Dalek episodes, (which was a very interesting concept muddled by silly, unnecessary subplots, pig-people and a high pitched squeaky voice) and the season finale, which started off absolutely superb, built fantastically and petered out with a Gainax ending of sorts.
Nevertheless it was, still enjoyable, though it is by far the weakest of the 3 I've seen thus far. I hope this trend doesn't continue.
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