I gave up watching Dr. Who some time ago, but given the BBC hype about this new episode and nothing much better to do, I watched this last night, and it wasn't that bad. In fact, fans seem to be raving about it online, which makes me surprised I need to start this thread here? Does anyone here still watch it?
It was a return to "old-fashioned" monster of the week, but the alien was surprisingly difficult to outwit (given that
If you haven't seen Dr. Who before then this would be a good place to start as you can follow the new assistant as she uncovers the mystery surrounding the strange university professor - apparently the Doctor has been hiding for 50+ (maybe 70 years) and not been travelling (he promised not too.) He has instead been teaching at a university on practically any subject he likes. So this episode became a kind of reboot (hence the double meaning of the title - the new assistant is also called "the pilot" by the alien entity.)
And did I mention there was a Dalek too?
Fans also are warming to this new assistant, called Bill. I've read comments that she "encapsulates young people today" (I wouldn't go quite that far) and she is fresh and natural. She asks the Doctor things like "do you know any sci-fi?" Not like any assistant before, except perhaps most like Ace. Obviously, this being today her sexuality is vitally important too (according to the BBC "One" show anyway) although I thought Captain Jack already held the record as the first gay assistant?
Anyhow, her curiosity, high energy and her fun-loving, wakes up the Doctor enough to get him to want to go travelling once more.
You can catch-up the episode here: Doctor Who - Available now - BBC One
It was a return to "old-fashioned" monster of the week, but the alien was surprisingly difficult to outwit (given that
it was merely a puddle of spacecraft coolant fluid)
And did I mention there was a Dalek too?
Fans also are warming to this new assistant, called Bill. I've read comments that she "encapsulates young people today" (I wouldn't go quite that far) and she is fresh and natural. She asks the Doctor things like "do you know any sci-fi?" Not like any assistant before, except perhaps most like Ace. Obviously, this being today her sexuality is vitally important too (according to the BBC "One" show anyway) although I thought Captain Jack already held the record as the first gay assistant?
Anyhow, her curiosity, high energy and her fun-loving, wakes up the Doctor enough to get him to want to go travelling once more.
You can catch-up the episode here: Doctor Who - Available now - BBC One