A major "Huzzah!" for "The Eleventh Hour," which may be the least of Moffat's scripts for the post-2005 "Doctor Who" series (three of which won Hugo Awards), but was, as I hoped, a cut above the series' previous average and a complete pleasure to watch - and bodes well for his tenure as show runner/head writer. Casting-wise, he picked a couple of winners in the madcap Matt Smith as the resurrected Doctor and Karen Gillan as the scrumptious and canny (but emotionally vulnerable) new companion Amy Pond. And there was a genuine warmth, whimsy and underlying creepiness to their first adventure that bodes well for the next 12 eps when they really get their TARDIS legs.
And, for the record, I am among those who enjoyed "Torchwood," despite its flaws - and was mightily impressed with the "Children of Earth" mini, which was that series' finest hour (or five). On Apr 6, 10:47 am, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > YACS. Technically the specials count as the tail end of series 30 > (or, if you're being daft like the BBC, "season 4"), since within > canon they fall after the events of "Journey's End" but before the > regeneration from 10 into 11. > > "Eleventh Hour" (which, as I just noticed, is a huge play on words) - > without spoiling anything, a huge thumbs-up. Moffat has made the > series fun again. I'll withhold further comment until after it airs > on BBCA next weekend. > > Torchwood - series 1 was sort of 'meh' for me, although it DID serve > to get Capt. Jack to the events of "End of the Universe" and the DW > story arc that followed. Series 2 was much better, and I REALLY liked > the Children of Earth miniseries. But YMMV. > > On Apr 6, 8:15 am, Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 11:59 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I looked at the episode list on IMDB. > > > It goes from season 4 to Season 5 with none of the specials listed. > > > You'll find them in the "Unknown Season" category (scroll down below Season > > 5). > > Because IMDb is inept.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
