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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  I thought it was very good. If i'm being critical then the Doctor's guitar antics was a little cringe inducing and flattened the pace .
However that was only a minor niggle. i just hope they don't chicken out and reverse everything in the second half. |
That was a turn for the books. A Dr Who opener that felt like a classic episode from the 70's. For the first time since Moffat took over I actually enjoyed sitting down and watching what felt like REAL Dr Who. Nice to see Julian Bleach return as Davros though. Michael Wisher must be smiling down from Heaven with Bleach delivering another fine performance. Overall I found this opener epic in it's delivery with some decent CGI too. The BBC must be pulling out the stops with the money me thinks. I agree with you on Capaldi's guitar antics, but it didn't overly detract from what was a cracking opener. There's always the fear that the second part won't deliver what the first part achieved in terms of keeping the momentum of story going. If it does, then this story could become a classic modern day Dr Who story that "could" potentially take it's place next to Genesis of the Daleks.
Just keep your fingers crossed that Moffat doesn't do an RTD. There's no one in Dr Who who perfected the bulls-up two parter like Mr. Davies. End of Time, Aliens of London etc.... Need I say more.