January 26, 2010

Doctor Who: Season Four



Data
Title: Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series
Year: 2007-2008
Network: BBC
Episodes: 14: 9 at 45 minutes, 3 at 50 minutes, 1 at 72 minutes, 1 at 65 minutes
Creators: Sydney Newman, C.E. Webber, Donald Wilson
Directors: Graeme Harper (5 episodes), James Strong (2), Douglas Mackinnon (2), Alice Troughton (2), Euros Lyn (2), Colin Teague (1)
Writers: Russell T. Davies (6 episodes), Helen Raynor (2), Steven Moffat (2), James Moran (1), Keith Temple (1), Stephen Greenhorn (1), Gareth Roberts (1); with characters by Robert Holmes, Terry Nation, Bob Baker and Dave Martin
Starring: David Tennant, Catherine Tate
Music: Ron Grainer (theme), Murray Gold

My reaction
Synopsis: a mysterious alien travels through space and time with a human woman
How I saw it: on video several times (have on DVD), most recently over the past few days
Concept: Great.
Story: Great.
Characters: Great.
Dialog: Great.
Pacing: Great.
Cinematography: Indifferent.
Special effects/design: Good.
Acting: Great.
Music: Good.
Subjective Rating: 10/10 (Favorite of my favorites). The best season of Doctor Who, ever. Which is really saying something. Still, I'm expecting next season to be better.
Objective Rating: 3.6/4 3.7/4 (Great).

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