irisodixon

I think this episode is alright. There are a lot of reviews that call it forgettable or the worst in the season, but it's really not that bad. It's fun filler! It doesn't need to have some big purpose or meaning. Maybe I am swayed by nostalgia because I loved it when I was younger, but I really do think it's a fine episode. It may not reinvent the wheel, but it's an episode about pirates being stalked by a siren doctor in a show about an alien with a time machine.. it's not going to be perfect. It has plenty of fun adventure, funny dialogue, and alien nonsense near the end. Overall this episode doesn't deserve nearly as much of the hate as it seems to get.

THIS is what I love from Doctor Who. I loved the horror aspect of this episode. It was just so well done. It's so much better than the first episode and I'm just so glad. After the first episode I was satisfied but still nervous for the show's future, but now I am just so relieved. Everything about this episode is just so brilliant, especially the performances from David Tennant and Catherine Tate. I think them being the only people in the episode (excluding the first and last scenes) was brilliant. The isolation and mystery is just so amazing and the buildup to the ending is perfect. Can't wait for episode 3.