Reaction: Day of the Moon
May. 2nd, 2011 02:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kilroyTo summarize a discussion with a co-worker today: it's a really ambitious piece of set-up but not all that sturdy as an independent story. This is something I've never seen before in Doctor Who: basically the entire two-parter was devoted to building problems to solve for the rest of the season (or longer). The plot-- such as it was-- seemed like a rushed byproduct.
So on one level, I want to really applaud Steven Moffat and co. for this one. It's brave and it's different, and there's so very much potential for good, complex drama. At the same time, I want to tap them on the collective shoulder and remind them not to sacrifice the trees for the forest. This one tried to so hard to cram in fifty things that a lot of things got short shrift ("Let's just ignore the child and go have adventures!" "Oop, the Doctor totally died but we're not really going to talk about it this episode." "I only have passing interest in someone coming up with TARDIS-like technology."). It's overextended.
I'm still looking forward to finding out where all this is going; I'll be speculating crazily like the rest of the universe about the various mysteries. I just hope that the payoff is freaking amazing to justify this one.
So on one level, I want to really applaud Steven Moffat and co. for this one. It's brave and it's different, and there's so very much potential for good, complex drama. At the same time, I want to tap them on the collective shoulder and remind them not to sacrifice the trees for the forest. This one tried to so hard to cram in fifty things that a lot of things got short shrift ("Let's just ignore the child and go have adventures!" "Oop, the Doctor totally died but we're not really going to talk about it this episode." "I only have passing interest in someone coming up with TARDIS-like technology."). It's overextended.
I'm still looking forward to finding out where all this is going; I'll be speculating crazily like the rest of the universe about the various mysteries. I just hope that the payoff is freaking amazing to justify this one.
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Date: 2011-05-03 12:49 am (UTC)