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Doctor Who - The Unicorn and The Wasp...
Every series of the new "Doctor Who" they have managed to do a nice historical episode, this series is no different. Tonight we meet Agatha Christie, played exceptionally well by Fenella Woolgar. Plus after weeks and weeks, I think Donna is finally growing on me to the point of enjoyment. It's actually cool that there is a character that isn't really that impressed with the Doctor's power of observation. I hope that the next companion will be somewhat skeptical as well.
Before the credits even roll, we are introduced to virtually every stereotypical character from the novels one could ever want, from the Reverend, and the Professor, to the butler they are all there. And the episode starts out like a game of "Clue" right down to the death of the professor, in the library, with a lead pipe. It's a great little moment. The episode is filled with them. I'm not sure where this was shot in the run, but you can tell everyone appears to be having a great time in this episode, and it really shows through.
If you try to take this episode seriously, then it's going to seem very dull, and probably if you're under the age of thirty, you might not enjoy it as much. But seeing all the classes of people doing their little bits was very fun. Plus watching the Doctor and Donna looking in on them adds to this episode. My biggest complaint about the episode revolves around the actual fact that Agatha Christie actually did go missing for ten days. And in the episode we hear all about it, complete with cliched spinning newspaper and a very "Murder She Wrote" set of flash forwards. Mind you it's a minor complaint, but it was a little too foreshadowing for me.
The rest of the episode plays out like your typical murder mystery complete with flashbacks, lies and the occasional giant wasp. For every fan of murder mysteries, this is a near perfect episode of "Doctor Who", for hard core fans they might be a turn off because of the complete change in style and narrative. As for me, I loved it! Right down to Donna going on about how great it is to see Agatha Christie dealing with an actual murder, it would be like meeting Dickens, surrounded by ghosts, at Christmas. But that never happened, did it?
Just my 2¢,
Kelvington
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May 17, 2008 3:58 PM
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