ScotsBear 🏴I liked this one. :)
Yes, it's a Russell T script. I am not unkind. Sometimes he can write very well, and this is one of those times.
The 2023 reboot has focused on a more fantastical pantheon of villains than in the past, and yet another God shows up for our chum The Doctor to knock down again. This time it's a cartoon come to terrible horrible life, though it doesn't actually kill anyone, for a welcome change, merely threatens global thermonuclear holocaust.
For the second episode in a row Belinda Chandra shines. Fresh from being kidnapped by circumstance she's adapting rather easily to the Doctor's lifestyle but I can easily forgive her that when her acting is still top notch and she's a decidedly magnetic presence on-screen, much needed when playing against the charisma-supernova that is Gatwa.
1950s America is presented well, and with just the right amount of acknowledgement towards its still very bigoted status, not dwelling on it or devolving into Lecture, but not shying away from it either.
The villain is consistently entertaining throughout, adopting an almost Billy West (Futurama: Fry) style timbre which I found very endearing. Side-characters play their parts well, including the very meta trio. I have one of those scarves, sir. Very well played. :) While I'm talking meta, the sequence of being trapped within the film is not wildly original but is nicely done, and doesn't over-stay.
...and speaking of over-staying, Mrs Flood/Granny FourthWall makes another appearance, deepening her "mystery" ever so slightly. I still really don't care about her, and it appears hopes for a snappy resolution are gone as this is clearly Arc Plot. Bah.
Oh, and my one big gripe of the episode. ANOTHER hidden-in-plain-sight word game. Jesus, Russell, give it a rest.
The effects are surprisingly good though I got a laugh noting how quickly the more expensive-to-realise form of the villain reverts back to the cheaper. Good old Who. :)
Some people are calling this scary; I must be too old for that, but I can imagine some younger viewers getting a bit wibbly over some parts.
I wasn't convinced about the new fantastical focus but I am slowly warming to it. And I can't argue when efforts are as solidly watchable and enjoyable as Lux very much is.
Next week: back to my favoured sci-fi colony stories! Which means it's likely rubbish. :D
#DoctorWho #NcutiGatwa #VaradaSethu
Yes, it's a Russell T script. I am not unkind. Sometimes he can write very well, and this is one of those times.
The 2023 reboot has focused on a more fantastical pantheon of villains than in the past, and yet another God shows up for our chum The Doctor to knock down again. This time it's a cartoon come to terrible horrible life, though it doesn't actually kill anyone, for a welcome change, merely threatens global thermonuclear holocaust.
For the second episode in a row Belinda Chandra shines. Fresh from being kidnapped by circumstance she's adapting rather easily to the Doctor's lifestyle but I can easily forgive her that when her acting is still top notch and she's a decidedly magnetic presence on-screen, much needed when playing against the charisma-supernova that is Gatwa.
1950s America is presented well, and with just the right amount of acknowledgement towards its still very bigoted status, not dwelling on it or devolving into Lecture, but not shying away from it either.
The villain is consistently entertaining throughout, adopting an almost Billy West (Futurama: Fry) style timbre which I found very endearing. Side-characters play their parts well, including the very meta trio. I have one of those scarves, sir. Very well played. :) While I'm talking meta, the sequence of being trapped within the film is not wildly original but is nicely done, and doesn't over-stay.
...and speaking of over-staying, Mrs Flood/Granny FourthWall makes another appearance, deepening her "mystery" ever so slightly. I still really don't care about her, and it appears hopes for a snappy resolution are gone as this is clearly Arc Plot. Bah.
Oh, and my one big gripe of the episode. ANOTHER hidden-in-plain-sight word game. Jesus, Russell, give it a rest.
The effects are surprisingly good though I got a laugh noting how quickly the more expensive-to-realise form of the villain reverts back to the cheaper. Good old Who. :)
Some people are calling this scary; I must be too old for that, but I can imagine some younger viewers getting a bit wibbly over some parts.
I wasn't convinced about the new fantastical focus but I am slowly warming to it. And I can't argue when efforts are as solidly watchable and enjoyable as Lux very much is.
Next week: back to my favoured sci-fi colony stories! Which means it's likely rubbish. :D
#DoctorWho #NcutiGatwa #VaradaSethu