Doctor Who Christmas Special "The Next Doctor" full reaction
Added 2019-09-14 07:52:28 +0000 UTC4x14? 5x00...a? 5x00.1? Kicking off this string of DW specials with some Christmas spirit!
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That’s so strange! All the messages/posts come through the Patreon notifications so I see them, but I’ve had the same problem as you - replies that don’t show up. :-( I will start keeping track of this so I can open a Patreon ticket.
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2019-09-15 00:52:26 +0000 UTCI've just re-posted it, hopefully that'll work.
Azmat Mahmood
2019-09-14 12:01:28 +0000 UTCThis is an ok episode. All the stuff with Jackson Lake and the Doctor is really good. Their dynamic is really fun and it's clever how this episode plays with the idea of the Doctor meeting a future incarnation. I like the fun little gags with the Tardis being a hot air balloon and the sonic screwdriver being, well, just a screwdriver. What the Cybermen do to Jackson Lake is quite tragic and you really feel sorry for him. The parallels drawn between the Doctor and Jackson are quite poignant too. I also really like the concept of the Doctor being an ideal that any man can live up to. The Doctor remembering the friends he's lost at the end is a really emotional moment, unexpectedly so. The main problem with this story is the misuse of the Cybermen. They just aren't given enough to do and feel fairly inconsequential as far as this episode goes. This was their first episode in two series and they're the second most iconic Doctor Who villain behind the Daleks, so that's pretty unacceptable. Miss Hartigan was also a weakness in this story. She really wasn't given enough time to develop, so her final "redemption" of sorts kinda falls flat. David's performance in that scene and this entire story is extraordinary though, but that's like saying the grass is green and the sky is blue. The man had become so good at being the Doctor and had been doing it for so long by this point, that I think he could've played the role with his eyes closed. All in all, a fairly mediocre story. It's certainly not bad, but it's a bit of a come down after the consistent run of great episodes we've had in S3 and S4, imo. It would also rank at the lower end of my Christmas specials ranking. Onwards and upwards, hopefully.....Oh wait..... :(
Azmat Mahmood
2019-09-14 12:00:07 +0000 UTC
