Random thoughts

A selection of reviews I have written for partners in crime- this is followed by the review I have written for my blog after some further reflection: A promising start. I enjoyed the comedic moments between the Doctor and Donna. My family and I enjoyed it all the way through. I was unsure about the Adipose at first when I saw a clip the other day but they worked well when I saw them in the context of the episode. A good light hearted start. Loved the Rose sequence at the end which elicited gasps of surprise from my youngest step daughter. Yeah Tate was pretty good. Was unsure about the Adipose after seeing a clip the other day but seeing them in the context of the episode I thought it worked. A promising light hearted episode. Just finished watching Partners in Crime with my family and I’m pleased to say that I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the comedic moments between the Doctor and Donna. The clip with Rose was a great surprise- I wasn’t exp...

Some trepidation before viewing tonight's episode. The trepidation had been caused by the preview clip showing the Adipose. However, I thought I'd wait and see before passing judgement. I'm glad I did: when seeing the episode in its entirety, the Adipose worked. It made a refreshing change to see aliens in Doctor Who who were not intent on savage colinisation! The cynic in me thought that the BBC were seeing the pound signs when they saw RTD's script but what the heck they added to the comedy! If every episode in this series contains this sort of comedy I would soon get fed up but for a season opening, I thought the tone was appropriate. I liked the scene where the Doctor and Donna were reunited and I thoroughly enjoyed the first fifteen minutes where we saw the Doctor and Donna sepeartely investigating the Adipose and kept missing each other- I enjoyed the timing of the near misses. Not all comedy has to be thought provoking simple visual tricks can work just as effect...

Here is a cross section of some of the comments I have posted in the Doctor Who forum relating to the final three episodes of Torchwood season two. Adrift: Enjoyed that episode- seemed to highlight to me that being the leader of Torchwood is fraught with difficult decisions. I liked the ending: not everything in life can be resolved happily. I think the episode was highlighting that sometimes there are no easy answers and being a leader in an organisation such as Torchwood is littered with tough decisions to make. I don't think the answer to what the right course of action to take on this issue is an easy one: parents need to know what happens to their children when they disappear but sometimes the knowledge of what happened could be soul destroying. Seriously I think that is a tough call to make. Interestingly, I watched an old episode of X files the night before when a serial killer suggests that he killed Mulder's sister. When they tell another victim's father what happe...