Doctor Who - Série 1

Rose (1x01) 2/5: Puppets controlled by the Mega-chewing-gum! An episode that aged faster than many decades-old episodes of the original series. One would expect that if you renew (not only) a genre legendary movie after years, you will come out with strong weapons, some "essence" that you will deliver for the next few seasons and not that you will come with a semi-finished product that tries to run after so many hares in different styles, that everyone will run away from him and introduce uninteresting one-dimensional characters. Just another mediocre show you can watch on every TV station. And the nice effort to make a performance that works both for knowledgeable and completely untouched viewers does not change much about it. The End of the World (1x02) 2/5: The first of the episodes of "Tardis stops at a space station where something strange is going on", which will be frequent and there are usually more of these episodes in every season. They are similar to each other and very much the same. In addition, Russell clearly didn't do his best when writing the first two episodes and rather did the series a disservice than anything else. Here it´s based on an idea of the Restaurant at the end of the universe, but it's captured in a so-so form and lacks smart approach and intricacy. The Unquiet Dead (1x03) 4/5: Charles Dickens meets The Beyond. Until Gatiss showed what strong point of the modern Doctor would be, clever genre games with thoughtful references and addressing serious questions with a mischievous smile on the lips, where none of the characters can be secure. Aliens of London (1x04) + World War Three (1x05) 3/5: So Zeman, Škromach, Wolfová and the like are aliens created by crossing ET and velociraptors? It would explain a lot... Anyway, again, it's truth that Davies has great ideas, but some one more suitable should incorporate them into a script and should make the ideas not so obvious. Dalek (1x06) 5/5: An old friend of mine. Well, enemy. The stuff of nightmares reduced to an exhibit. Exterminate! Sad! Deeply felt! Clever! It's a pity that what this episode does for Daleks didn't do the first episode for the Doctor. The Long Game (1x07) 2/5: Simon Pegg and otherwise nothing but a routine variation on the mentioned in the second episode. Father´s Day (1x08) 4/5: I prefer when working with time paradoxes is more logical, more refined and thoughtful, but here the chaos in the (non-existing) rules doesn't matter much, because it works rather well, at least in terms of emotions. The Empty Child (1x09) + The Doctor Dances (1x10) 5/5: Both the Doctor's "X Files" story line and Rosina's parallel "space opera" are undoubtedly the (best) best part in the first season. The weak point is that they don't get on very well, especially the horror atmosphere of the Doctor's story line suffers from it. But during the second part, it partly fades away. It´s more tense, more disturbing and more mature, and therefore generally better. On top of that, the authentic touching conclusion is the icing on the cake. There's just everything that makes the Doctor (both the series and the character) the Doctor. Boom Town (1x11) 2/5: Thanks to Margaret Blaine/Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen and biting remarks on Cardiff, it is special, but there are plenty of those stupidly recycled genre clichés. Anyway, at least I learned something, repeat after me Raxacoricofallapatorius, Raxacoricofallapatorius, Raxacoricofallapatorius. Bad Wolf (1x12) + The Parting of the Ways (1x13) 3/5: The idea of including popular television competitions of that time is as silly as the obvious, and the processing is childish, even more as Davies tries to reflect on contemporary society. He pretends to be Charlie Brooker and he fails terribly. In any case, the whole final scene works well at least in terms of emotions. And that means a lot. Born Again 3/5: A mini-episode that is nothing more than a cut-out scene from the final scene of the end of the first season. It's nice, but it's nothing but nice. The only reason it's not entirely waste of time is because o the fact it connects the final scene of the first season with the Christmas special. (21/10/2016) (less) (more)