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Nats

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Subj: Re: I liked this one.
Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:10:58 am EDT (Viewed 1 times)
Reply Subj: I liked this one.
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 at 11:08:00 pm EDT (Viewed 382 times)


> After the clusterfudge that was the Daleks in Manhattan thing, Helen Raynor redeems herself with this two-parter. It's Who-as-big-broad-action-movie, but it works. It also gives us the spirit of old-timey Who without being as ploddingly dull as old-timey Who. If Pompeii was Hartnell and Ood was Troughton, this one's Pertwee. (They gave up after this, I guess. Which is fine, because I don't see what was so great about Tom Baker, really.)

Baker was fine and eccentric, but The Unicorn and the Wasp was Davison.

> Anyway, I dug this two-parter. This season's been good across the board. While it hasn't hit the highs of previous years, it hasn't fallen to the lows, either. Very consistently good. I am digging it.

I'd agree with that assessment. I'm eagerly awaiting Silence in the Library - but there's no new Who on next week!

> So how about that Unicorn and the Wasp?

A fun pastiche, although the pacing was a bit difficult.