Whenever someone sticks the word Doctor into the title, you have to be careful what follows that word. When I read that the word was 'Dances'. I didnt quite know what to expect. Was it going to continue to dark and grim feel of the first episode or was it going to go off into some weird musical. Thankfully it was the former as the action continued and increased. The resolution of the cliffhanger was the something that I would never have thought of. As they all have the mindset of a child, a simple "Go to your room" is quite effective. The chasing round the hospital was very enjoyable it was the perfect oppertunity to induce some humour. The Doctor's shyness about revealing that whilst Jack has a fancy weapon to fend off the army of gasmask wearing zombie, all the Doctor has is a sonic screwdriver that is 'sonicy'. The banter between Christopher Eccleston and John Barrowman is one of many good things about this particular episode. There is another great line (which these two episodes have many) when the Doctor says to Rose "I'm trying to resinate concrete"
As the title suggests, there is a little bit of dancing. Not too much but enough to lighten up the tension. In fact what this story does quite well is lightening up the drama with a bit of comedy. Its a Moffat master trick. I was quite surprised (though I shouldnt have been) that the capsule that the Doctor and Rose was chasing and that Jack had set as a trap was infact what caused everything. The fact that everything has been caused by Jack's actions help deflate the arrogant ego that Jack has been thrusting onto the screen. The revelation that the capsule contained Nano-genes which repaired the boy but didnt know when to stop. As a result, anyone who came into contact with him would receive teh same treatment and as the nano-genes didnt know what was right and wrong they just copied the treatment.
The moment when its revealed that the boy is infact Nancy's son was something that actually surprised me. It might seem perfectly normal in this day and age for a youngster to be pregnant and have a son but in 1941 it doesnt seem normal. Their reunion was very heartfelt and that is partly due to Florence Hoath as Nancy. Combined with everyone being returned to normal it was a lovely scene and a feel good one as well. This story I think is one of the rare occasions where no one dies (well no one on screen). As the Doctor says in a joyful voice was "Everybody lives, just this once everybody lives". With that resolved it was just the deal of Captain Jack to contend with. Last seen he has to wait for the bomb to go off, except that the Doctor lends a helping hand and saves Jack before the bomb and his ship blow up. Thus leading to Captain Jack being a member of the TARDIS crew.
This two part has been a success and is the best of the Christopher Eccleston era. The setting helped as did the fact that the entire story happened at night where the darkness along with the creepyness of a child with a gasmask walking around asking if your his mommy created a wonderful atmosphere. Moffat wrote a wonderful script and it adds to a long line of Moffat episodes that get the thumb up.
As the title suggests, there is a little bit of dancing. Not too much but enough to lighten up the tension. In fact what this story does quite well is lightening up the drama with a bit of comedy. Its a Moffat master trick. I was quite surprised (though I shouldnt have been) that the capsule that the Doctor and Rose was chasing and that Jack had set as a trap was infact what caused everything. The fact that everything has been caused by Jack's actions help deflate the arrogant ego that Jack has been thrusting onto the screen. The revelation that the capsule contained Nano-genes which repaired the boy but didnt know when to stop. As a result, anyone who came into contact with him would receive teh same treatment and as the nano-genes didnt know what was right and wrong they just copied the treatment.
The moment when its revealed that the boy is infact Nancy's son was something that actually surprised me. It might seem perfectly normal in this day and age for a youngster to be pregnant and have a son but in 1941 it doesnt seem normal. Their reunion was very heartfelt and that is partly due to Florence Hoath as Nancy. Combined with everyone being returned to normal it was a lovely scene and a feel good one as well. This story I think is one of the rare occasions where no one dies (well no one on screen). As the Doctor says in a joyful voice was "Everybody lives, just this once everybody lives". With that resolved it was just the deal of Captain Jack to contend with. Last seen he has to wait for the bomb to go off, except that the Doctor lends a helping hand and saves Jack before the bomb and his ship blow up. Thus leading to Captain Jack being a member of the TARDIS crew.
This two part has been a success and is the best of the Christopher Eccleston era. The setting helped as did the fact that the entire story happened at night where the darkness along with the creepyness of a child with a gasmask walking around asking if your his mommy created a wonderful atmosphere. Moffat wrote a wonderful script and it adds to a long line of Moffat episodes that get the thumb up.
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