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[sebastienne]

Dear internet,

I thought you should know that Doctor Who is good again. Tonight the Thames was actually a dragon, rich racists got punched, Bill Potts was perfect.

Comments

[sir_guinglain]

My only complaint is that we could have seen a little more of the monsters being monstrous, either the serpent in the Thames looking hungry or Sutcliffe being cruel. Other than that it was fine - and unlike one historian fan on Twitter, I have no problems with its representation of the period beyond hoping that the Doctor has picked some suitably open-minded guardians to protect Perry's inheritance. Urchins and 'mixed race' kin of half- or unrecognised unions did inherit substantial property in this period, but I can't think of one recognised in the way 'Peregrine Sutcliffe' was!

[sebastienne]

Hmm, yes. I wondered if what was going on with the 'un-monstrous' sea monster (and that bizarre diving-suit scene in general) was similar to what was going on with the 'stasis chamber' in the previous episode - a severe lack of budget to realise what was in the script?

Last week I found it jarring that we didn't see the colonists emerge from stasis, we just saw a CG rendering of a bank of pods and then, cut to an unenthused extra standing there in 21st century street-clothes.

I mean, you know me, I prefer my British TV sci-fi to be on the low-budget, 'leave-it-to-the-imagination' side, so I mostly just find it charming. But there have definitely been some story-telling 'gaps' that the viewer has had to fill in.

[sir_guinglain]

I hadn't thought in terms of budget last week, but yes, the opening of the pods would have been managed ten years ago, comfortably.

[silverhare]

It is! I love Bill.

[sfred]

Wasn't it great?

[kaberett]

I totally failed to say ♥ when you posted this BUT I SMILED A LOT <3