Doctor Who: The Crimson Horror
Oh yes that happened
The good:
-STRAX AND JENNY AND VASTRA ARE BACK so really that was enough to make the episode for me
-Diana Rigg having a wonderful time eating the scenery (“You know what these are? THE WRONG HANDS!”)
-A plotline involving child abuse handled well…Ada doesn’t forgive her mother and that’s okay. And when we last see her she seems on her way to a much happier life. (Compare with The Idiot’s Lantern…which, curiously enough, was also written by Mark Gatiss.)
-Jenny kicking some arse
-Clara returning home, and running into her charges. Who are two very cute kids really so I hope they get some character development next episode. (I think some people have noticed, haven’t both they and Clara lost a mother at a young age?)
-Fainting Guy!
The bad:
-The Doctor snogging Jenny without her permission, even if he did get a slap for it. (It got even more annoying when I heard someone point out that Vastra and Jenny have never kissed, and they’re married!)
-…That’s actually it? It’s a pretty good episode, probably one of my top five of the season, I reckon.
May 8, 2013 @ 2:26 pm
“-STRAX AND JENNY AND VASTRA ARE BACK so really that was enough to make the episode for me” And why is it that we can nitpick over silly things about time travel, but when a lizard lady and potato-headed dwarf show up with a spunky sidekick, we all cheer and hand-wave away any inconsistencies? No really, I actually cheer. And dissolve into giggles when Strax speaks. Atomic laser monkeys, indeed!
May 9, 2013 @ 5:14 pm
I geniunely think Strax is one of Moffat’s greatest creations! And I hope Vastra and Jenny stick around for a long, long time to come…