by drakula63 » Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:53 am
Watched the first ten minutes then, for one reason or another, switched off and watched it all much, much later on iPlayer...
It was OK, the aliens were really quite scary (in an 1960s, 'The Outer Limits' kind of way) but, as predicted, the 'story' was incomprehensible nonsense. I have been hugely disappointed by Steven Moffatt's efforts as head writer, as he seems totally incapable of actually telling a proper coherent story - and even with Doctor Who, this is what it's all about!!! What we get are a series of 'incidents', sensationalistic images and, it has to be said, some good visuals. And that's it. Yes, Matt Smith is great as the Doc, but poor old Karen Gillan cannot act; the guy who plays Rory is just too much of a dork to be a welome addition to the cast and River Song is just so tiresome.
I love Doctor Who, but I'm sorry to say that the wrong people have been in charge since it came back. Verity Lambert, Barry Letts, Robert Holmes, Philip Hinchcliffe -- now THEY were proper writers and producers!!! Thank goodness I decided to buy Planet of the Spiders on DVD to save the day! RIP Sarah Jane...