Is there a plot? Alien monster takes over fan group to absorb its members is hardly a strong or logical one. (Why?????) Or is it boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy sort of gets girl back?
One of my main objections is the characterisation of the on-going characters - Jackie's sudden longing for a toy boy, the Doctor and Rose playing Shaggy and Scooby.
I also noticed Madame de Pompadour's courage, her ability to face facts without flinching, her intelligence, her ability for leadership - and her ability to love several men and keep them from cutting each other's throats. And what about the girl in the two parter from last season -'The Lonely Ghost'(???) and 'The Doctor Dances'. May I respectfully suggest that her journey was more complex and painful than Elton's, and she had less screen time?
There are plenty of 45/50 minute shows where characters are drawn superbly within a single episode. They do it every week on 'House' - sometimes in less than five minutes with the clinic patients. It isn't 'Who''s strong point, agreed, but this one wasn't any better than most and worse than some.
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Date: 2006-06-19 01:59 pm (UTC)One of my main objections is the characterisation of the on-going characters - Jackie's sudden longing for a toy boy, the Doctor and Rose playing Shaggy and Scooby.
I also noticed Madame de Pompadour's courage, her ability to face facts without flinching, her intelligence, her ability for leadership - and her ability to love several men and keep them from cutting each other's throats. And what about the girl in the two parter from last season -'The Lonely Ghost'(???) and 'The Doctor Dances'. May I respectfully suggest that her journey was more complex and painful than Elton's, and she had less screen time?
There are plenty of 45/50 minute shows where characters are drawn superbly within a single episode. They do it every week on 'House' - sometimes in less than five minutes with the clinic patients. It isn't 'Who''s strong point, agreed, but this one wasn't any better than most and worse than some.