Doctor Who Series 5
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annaverePretty enjoyable. Liked Matt Smith a lot, and I think I prefer him to Tennant overall. He's more low key and that makes him believably eccentric. Tennant did an amazing job with the Doctor's tragic and alien sides, but when playing comedy he tended to be more manic and hammy than I like. So that's an upside here, as is Moffat being way more interested in fitting time travel into the narrative. Grand finale was still an overload of deus ex machina but I'm starting to accept that as just how it goes with this show.
I deeply appreciate the fact that Moffat seems to actually like England as a landscape. With Davies, I got the impression he was fond of London and couldn't care less about what might take place in rural environs unless alien planets were involved. I liked the use of small villages, the ever present greenery and the fairytale elements, the visit to Stonehenge with River Song on a white horse. Visually, this was right up my street.
For some reason, I never quite connected with Amy. I liked her, but right to the end I struggled to get any sense of what her inner life was like - which might have been deliberate, given the reveal about her memories, but since her imagination was integral to the entire season I wish I had felt more strongly about her, with more of a Labyrinth vibe to her introduction. Actually, now I want fic where Amy Pond meets Sarah Williams.
*Goes to check tags*
No such luck.
Rory fared better despite having less screentime, and two companions going steady made for an interesting dynamic with the Doctor, especially since there was no love triangle. I do wish Rory had been played less for comedy, because he was given some fantastic dramatic scenes, but c'est la vie. I still liked him.
There was only one total faceplant of an episode, that being 'Victory of the Daleks.' Balderdash, I say (and will probably never have the opportunity to say again). Otherwise the season was quite solid. Some things I would have wanted to see get more development (like the entire Pandorica scenario, and Vincent Van Gogh having visions - oh for a historical companion!) but in general I was satisfied. There was a happy increase in time traveling concepts, pretty much every episode landed squarely in the fun category and I now know who the Ponds are. Plus, it's always a pleasure to have Iain Glen on screen.
I deeply appreciate the fact that Moffat seems to actually like England as a landscape. With Davies, I got the impression he was fond of London and couldn't care less about what might take place in rural environs unless alien planets were involved. I liked the use of small villages, the ever present greenery and the fairytale elements, the visit to Stonehenge with River Song on a white horse. Visually, this was right up my street.
For some reason, I never quite connected with Amy. I liked her, but right to the end I struggled to get any sense of what her inner life was like - which might have been deliberate, given the reveal about her memories, but since her imagination was integral to the entire season I wish I had felt more strongly about her, with more of a Labyrinth vibe to her introduction. Actually, now I want fic where Amy Pond meets Sarah Williams.
*Goes to check tags*
No such luck.
Rory fared better despite having less screentime, and two companions going steady made for an interesting dynamic with the Doctor, especially since there was no love triangle. I do wish Rory had been played less for comedy, because he was given some fantastic dramatic scenes, but c'est la vie. I still liked him.
There was only one total faceplant of an episode, that being 'Victory of the Daleks.' Balderdash, I say (and will probably never have the opportunity to say again). Otherwise the season was quite solid. Some things I would have wanted to see get more development (like the entire Pandorica scenario, and Vincent Van Gogh having visions - oh for a historical companion!) but in general I was satisfied. There was a happy increase in time traveling concepts, pretty much every episode landed squarely in the fun category and I now know who the Ponds are. Plus, it's always a pleasure to have Iain Glen on screen.
