May 11, 2011

Doctor Who #23: The Ark

Data
Title: Doctor Who“The Ark”
Year: 1966
Network: BBC
Episodes: 4, at 25 minutes each; the sixth story (of ten) from season three
Creators: Sydney Newman, C.E. Webber, Donald Wilson
Director: Michael Imison
Writers: Paul Erickson & Lesley Scott
Starring: William Hartnell, Jackie Lane, Peter Purves
Music: Ron Grainer (theme); Tristram Cary
I saw it: on video (rented from Netflix), yesterday
Synopsis: a generation ship carries the last of humanity and its servant species

My reaction
Concept:4/4 (Great)
Story:1/4 (Bad)
Characters:1/4 (Bad)
Dialog:1/4 (Bad)
Pacing:1/4 (Bad)
Cinematography:1/4 (Bad)
Special effects/design:2/4 (Indifferent)
Acting:1/4 (Bad)
Music:2/4 (Indifferent)
Subjective Rating: 6/10 (Okay, 2/4 (Indifferent)). All-around badly done, but entertainingly so.
Objective Rating (Average):1.6/4 (Eh)

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