Funny thing about those much-maligned 60s-80s production values. Once you become immersed in the story and characters, and invested in them, you don't notice the production values; or they don't become prominent.
I'd much rather have a Talons of Weng-Chiang, with its famously unfortunate rat costume, than the worst excesses of RTD or Moff (Love and Monsters, anyone?) And the new music - aaarrgh!
All that aside, I do like the direction that Capaldi seems to be taking the character. He's an interesting mixture of Pertwee and Tom Baker. In fact, I believe he's been influential, in a small way steering 'classic' references back into the programme. The Pertwee style of his costume, which is going to be even more pronounced later, or the Baker yo-yo. Even the roundels are coming back, again I believe at his suggestion.
This season's opener is looking to be one of the best for a long time. I really like the idea of revisiting Genesis of the Daleks and exploring the flip side of the fourth Doctor's dilemma. And the resurrected Dalek city is amazingly like the Raymond Cusick original; I hope we get to see more of it.
And the proper Daleks are back! Ok, they're more like extras, but at least they exist!
I'd much rather have a Talons of Weng-Chiang, with its famously unfortunate rat costume, than the worst excesses of RTD or Moff (Love and Monsters, anyone?) And the new music - aaarrgh!
All that aside, I do like the direction that Capaldi seems to be taking the character. He's an interesting mixture of Pertwee and Tom Baker. In fact, I believe he's been influential, in a small way steering 'classic' references back into the programme. The Pertwee style of his costume, which is going to be even more pronounced later, or the Baker yo-yo. Even the roundels are coming back, again I believe at his suggestion.
This season's opener is looking to be one of the best for a long time. I really like the idea of revisiting Genesis of the Daleks and exploring the flip side of the fourth Doctor's dilemma. And the resurrected Dalek city is amazingly like the Raymond Cusick original; I hope we get to see more of it.
And the proper Daleks are back! Ok, they're more like extras, but at least they exist!
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
