wellinghall: (Default)
wellinghall ([personal profile] wellinghall) wrote2006-04-29 08:08 pm
Entry tags:

Dr Who

Well to my mind, that was the best David Tennant one yet; indeed, I think they are getting better episode by episode. Some random thoughts:
- I would like them to bring back proper multi-part stories
- Sarah Jane Smith is still quite gorgeous
- last week, Billie Piper somehow looked younger and thinner
- I wish David Tennant would learn how to use a razo properly (although he's improved a bit since the first episode, a fortnight ago).

[identity profile] parrot-knight.livejournal.com 2006-04-29 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree that this probably has the edge on the previous two. I've just watched it again (I haven't been motivated to re-watch 'Tooth and Claw' yet) and agree that David Tennant's performance was his strongest so far. There seemed to be more gravitas, and a sense that this was once more the man who sees the threads that bind the universe together, and mend them when they break (to quote the otherwise undistinguished late Tom Baker story, 'Meglos') and, just as importantly, teach those who travel with him to do the same. Elisabeth Sladen's 'everything ends' speech was magnificent, echoing as it did the Eccleston Doctor's line in 'The End of the World', and more particularly Rose's speech as the Bad Wolf in 'The Parting of the Ways' last year.