29x11 - Utopia [SPOILERS]

ixoy

As posted on digitialspy two minutes ago:

It was only okay. I'm hoping there's a good reason for the Doctor to happen to run into the Master. I know it's near the end of the universe and all, but surely that's not the only place left...

Wasn't sure how much I like SaxonMaster that we saw at the end. Performance was a bit over the top but then the Master always has been. Maybe it just seemed to mirror DT too much.

The depicted future was pretty poor. The future-humans were laughable and very non-threatening after the excellence that we saw in "Blink". And you'd know RTD was at the helm with all the explosions and running around.

On the other hand, it was nice to see Captain Jack back even if the end of "Torchwood" made it seem like the TARDIS had landed inside the hub. His humour was restored and we learnt more about what happened to him in two minutes than thirteen episodes. This is the character we can like and DT's "stop it!" constantly worked.

An alright set up but a big step down quality wise from the last three weeks.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

every week I miss this, every single god damn week

Karl Hungus

I think it was a good episode, even just for the excellent Derek Jacobi. Seeing as he voiced The Master in the animated Scream Of The Shalka, I had kinda expected the outcome. I was rather hoping that John Simm / Mr. Saxon was a red herring, but oh well, we got to see Jacobi as the Master, even if it was just briefly.

BuffyBot

It had it's good points for Mary-Sue-Russell T, sorry Captain Jack and the doctors initial conversation seemed awfully clunky.

Too much noise and running around (typical RTD) but some good little bits and pieces and the basic premise was certainly a step up from some of RTD's stuff.

Stark

With the exception of those annoying things with the bad teeth, this episode wasn't bad. Good to see Captain Jack back and without the Torchwood ****wits and not walking around like some emo who's upset because his wrists keep healing after he cuts them.

I liked the Master and I thought the way they had him survive the time war was quite clever. Better than the daleks and "Emergency temporal whatever" anyway.

aidan_walsh

Stark wrote:

I liked the Master and I thought the way they had him survive the time war was quite clever. Better than the daleks and "Emergency temporal whatever" anyway.

I have to admit to giving myself a little kick for not figuring out that the watch was a perfect way to bring the Master back into it. The only thing that I didn't really like about this (that hasn't already been mentioned - Futurekind, peh) was that the Doctor twigged that the surviving Time Lord was the Master pretty much straight off the bat.

Not bad, not great.

ixoy

aidan_walsh wrote:

The only thing that I didn't really like about this (that hasn't already been mentioned - Futurekind, peh) was that the Doctor twigged that the surviving Time Lord was the Master pretty much straight off the bat

Well it's been established (and mentioned in 29x12) that the Time Lords recognise each other, despite what the current incarnation they're wearing. I don't think it would have been all that interesting for the last Time Lord to have turned out to be Flavia

Or Romana, who was also vaporised (assuming you buy the fact she's longer in E-Space).

What other Time Lord left could possibly be interesting (although I'd dig Rassilon's return).

aidan_walsh

ixoy wrote:

Well it's been established (and mentioned in 29x12) that the Time Lords recognise each other, despite what the current incarnation they're wearing.

Yeah. I had initially gotten the impression that the Doctor seemed to have realised who it was before he had seen or heard him, but the more I think about it I think I'm mistaken. Have to have a repeat viewing of the last act, I think.