January 14, 2010

Doctor Who: Season Two



Data
Title: Doctor Who: The Complete Second Series
Year: 2005-2006
Network: BBC
Episodes: 13 at 45 minutes, 1 at 60 minutes
Creators: Sydney Newman, C.E. Webber, Donald Wilson
Directors: Euros Lyn (4 episodes), Graeme Harper (4), James Hawes (3), James Strong (2), Dan Zeff (1)
Writers: Russell T. Davies (6 episodes), Tom MacRae (2), Matt Jones (2), Toby Whithouse (1), Steven Moffat (1), Mark Gatiss (1), Matthew Graham (1); with characters by Bob Baker, Dave Martin, Gerry Davis, Kit Pedler and Terry Nation
Starring: David Tennant, Billie Piper
Music: Ron Grainer (theme), Murray Gold

My reaction
Synopsis: a mysterious alien travels through space and time with a human girl
How I saw it: on video several times (have on DVD), most recently over the past couple weeks
Concept: Great.
Story: Indifferent. A couple of episodes are great, but most of this season is just okay.
Characters: Good.
Dialog: Good.
Pacing: Great.
Cinematography: Indifferent.
Special effects/design: Good.
Acting: Great.
Music: Good.
Subjective Rating: 9/10 (One of my favorites). Easily the worst season so far. I have to admit that if I wasn't a fan and saw an episode from season two (other than one of the few great ones), I might wonder what the fuss was about. On the other hand, the first time I saw season two, the awesomeness of David Tennant was more than enough to make me love it.
Objective Rating: 3.2/4 3.3/4 (Very good).

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