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Hey, so, that Doctor Who show, huh? Yeah.



Awful. Just. Awful, end to end. I could launch into a tirade and list, oh, a hundred thousand reasons why it was awful, but it's too awful to waste that kind of time on. Even if there was a clue in there. Awful.

ETA

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...well, okay. Just. The script was pretty irredeemable, but Tennant played right into it, hamming the crap out of it like that's what he's paid for. Which, I'll tell you, scares me a little, but that's not the point. I'm not sure if it would have been worse if he had tried a more subtle approach to the absurd dialogue and ridiculous scenarios, but either way, I watched a lot of it through my fingers. I'm sure there was a plot in there somewhere, but I couldn't see it behind the horrible scenery-chewing and obnoxious caricature.

So here's a question. And this is actually a real question. Did David Tennant's hammy performance attempt to liven an otherwise dull episode (IE, did they push the comedy to compensate for a weak plot) or did it actually weaken, with its absurdity, an otherwise decent episode?

Date: 2008-05-18 03:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sloganeer.livejournal.com
Yes, playing for slapstick was an odd choice.

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