dw: "the unicorn and the thingy"

[sab]

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?

Comments

[kernezelda]

I liked Agatha Christie's actress and character. Tate's and Tennant's scenes with Fenella Willgar (sp?) separately and together, were good. Otherwise, found kitchen scene painful to watch, found various runnings through hallways amusing, found too-much comedy at least a distraction from weak plot.

[sloganeer.livejournal.com]

Yes, playing for slapstick was an odd choice.