Monday, July 02, 2007

A letdown of "Phantom Menace" proportions

Starting with "Human Nature", Doctor Who had been on a roll. Each episode was better than the one before, and each was astonishingly good. Expectation was high for the season finale. The set-up had been perfect, the situation was dire...

and the resolution was awful. Truly, truly bad.

Here's a hint for the writer: deus ex machina sucks big time. Reset buttons suck big time. Don't use them both in the same episode!

Gah!

1 comment:

Kezzie said...

Yes, I wasn't overly enamoured by it. I thought it was a bit of a cop out going back. And Martha leaving, and the Master dying rather than escaping in true vintage style. And the fact that the Master died. And the fact that the Toclafane were mangled humans as opposed to daleks or something else? But it was ok I guess!

And...
Phantom Menace wasn't that bad! Attack of the Clones was better!