Doctor Who is back...

[byslantedlight]

...and I liked it! *g*

I wasn't sure I would earlier today, when I saw the trailer for Deep Breath, and then when the Doctor was all in his nightgown and discombobulated like we weren't sure who he was... which we weren't, and he wasn't, so wasn't that well done? Because then it turned out that it was him, with a rather cool side-helping of Madame Vastra and Jenny and Strax, and I even found myself warming to Clara. Well, except that Clara then lost me again at the end when she decided to... well, spoilers... *g* But luckily the thing happened, and the Doctor... well, said what he said, and... and that worked out.

Hmmn - maybe it's when Clara's Victorian that she seems more real...

Oh - new titles too, of course! Pretty different this time - what's happened to the time vortex?! But I quite liked them...

So to sum up... yes. *g* Anyone else watch? Oh, I need to see it again. Wonder when it'll be up on iPlayer... maybe now... *wanders off to look*...

Comments

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Well I agree, it's characters I want to know about, and how they deal with things and who they are deep down. But I'm always amazed to find that there are people who seem to prefer the opposite - they want to know what happens, and all the little detail about how it happens, and they're really not bothered about who it happens to. And there are lots of people who seem to prefer that, judging by the sales and popularity of various best-sellers and films!

I'd have to watch Time of the Doctor again (such a hard life... *g*) but you're probably right there - I didn't like it nearly as much as Day of the Doctor, and that's probably why. It was more about what was happening around him again, rather than who he was. Mind you, I don't want entirely character-focused stories either, half the fun is the fact that he travels through time and space and anything can happen. I liked the focus on him there though. Same in Deep Breath, it fitted the story that it was about the Doctor, and Clara and what was happening to them as well. It's all about balance, and getting the story right... and isn't that always the thing!