Orphan 55
I'm doing this without reading what I wrote last time till I'm done so I'm curious if I come out with the same stuff. This episode largely reeks of Eccleston and early Tennant era in set up and execution which is refreshing in a way. The usual things that plague S11 and S12 stop it from landing the execution though and just as remembered the ending makes zero sense.
Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror
A better one, largely because the supporting cast is doing all the heavy lifting. There's the potential in this to deliver something similar in weight to the Vincent episode but it never really goes for any emotional stakes which is another central issue with these recent series in the show, maintaining a disconnect of investment in the characters. Overall though, solid.
Fugitive of the Judoon
It's been nine series since Tennant's Human Nature two parter and the idea of returning to the concept hidden within a pretty standard set up is actually really good and the execution is well done for the first 30 minutes too. I'm curious to refresh myself with the later episodes as so far the reveal in this is only really poorly handled because of the direction it later takes, there's an incredibly easy 'out' for a new showrunner at this point so it'll be interesting to refresh on how deeply entrenched the later eps ended up going. On the intended storyline though the handling is pretty weak beyond the reveal.
I'm doing this without reading what I wrote last time till I'm done so I'm curious if I come out with the same stuff. This episode largely reeks of Eccleston and early Tennant era in set up and execution which is refreshing in a way. The usual things that plague S11 and S12 stop it from landing the execution though and just as remembered the ending makes zero sense.
Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror
A better one, largely because the supporting cast is doing all the heavy lifting. There's the potential in this to deliver something similar in weight to the Vincent episode but it never really goes for any emotional stakes which is another central issue with these recent series in the show, maintaining a disconnect of investment in the characters. Overall though, solid.
Fugitive of the Judoon
It's been nine series since Tennant's Human Nature two parter and the idea of returning to the concept hidden within a pretty standard set up is actually really good and the execution is well done for the first 30 minutes too. I'm curious to refresh myself with the later episodes as so far the reveal in this is only really poorly handled because of the direction it later takes, there's an incredibly easy 'out' for a new showrunner at this point so it'll be interesting to refresh on how deeply entrenched the later eps ended up going. On the intended storyline though the handling is pretty weak beyond the reveal.
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