craiggrannell, 18 days ago

@CommonMugwort Same. Not sure what I was expecting. I was holding and cold on RTD’s first run. This opener was… middling. Some good ideas. Broadly terrible script editing (as ever for this show, because it seemingly never allows a proper script editor to have power and make sense of things). First ep was a lot of “Hi. I’m The Doctor. I do exposition” too. Clunky.

BenCotterill, 18 days ago

@craiggrannell @CommonMugwort Took me hours to realise the dance they were doing at the end was the twist.

craiggrannell, 17 days ago

@BenCotterill @CommonMugwort Although the reappearance of the harbinger within that number was also a twist.

BenCotterill, 17 days ago

@craiggrannell @CommonMugwort So many fourth wall breaks and winks to the camera (figuratively and literally). Theme music being played. The doctor saying “I thought that was Non-diegetic”. Shirley Ballas and Murray Gold appearing at the end…

CommonMugwort, 17 days ago

@BenCotterill @craiggrannell
Yes, I gather I was meant to recognise some people at the end, but I don’t watch much television

BenCotterill, 17 days ago

@CommonMugwort @craiggrannell Don’t worry. Murray Gold is the composer for the program. Don’t think he’s ever been in front of the camera before.

craiggrannell, 17 days ago

@BenCotterill @CommonMugwort He’s usually very busy making music that drowns out the dialogue. (Although in this run, that seems… improved?)