New Who

Been meaning to blog up about the new Doctor Who series so far, starring Mr Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor.

And so far it has been not too bad, but to be honest I don't think so far this series has been as good as the previous one.  Somehow the stories are less appealing, and there is again that usual problem with the shows new format is that they have to cram everything into the one episode, rather than letting it develop like the old serials did over 4 episodes or more.  Regardless there have been some good moments in the new series and the regular cast are all fine.  Matt Smith is also starting to show a few more shades of vulnerability in his character, as was nicely displayed in the episode "The Doctor's Wife" when he meets a woman who has been absorbed with Time Lord energy, which lets her power a spare TARDIS for the Doctor.  The Doc's wife at the end expires and he has a tear in his eye. 

It also shows the Doctor wants to help fix his wrongs as is implied in the latest episode that was just on "The Rebel Flesh" in which the Doctor, Amy and Rory land on Earth in the future to find a group humans who have cloned themselves, but their clones run rampant and they are out to get one another.  This was a pretty good episode, which I enjoyed a bit more than some of the previous ones, it was also good to see Raquel Cassidy in the show, who played Susan Gately in the tv comedy series Teachers.  The human clones were also quite creepy the way they kept phasing in and out of their normal/abnormal appearance.  However it might be a bit scary for the younger kids this story, as the clones aren't for young yins eyes.  I'm sure this year they have tried to concentrate on making Doctor Who a bit more scary this year, and most likely it will be 12 rated when the DVDs come out.  The Rebel Flesh also has a pretty good cliffhanger, which promises for a good episode next week. 

So a rather short post, but I will keep an eye on the new Doctor Who episodes over the following weeks, although there will be only either 6 or 7 in the spring, and then probably another 6 in the autumn, just to help break up the season over the year a bit more evenly, which is fair enough.

So that's it for now.  More Time Lordy stuff to come.