Originally Posted by Digidragon:
“The reviews seem very positive, and the trailers have looked great. But I saw the motorway chase scene at the CiN concert last year, and that turned out to be the only decent thing in the episode!”
Heh yeah - I was just reading The Times's review of VOTD, and they mentioned the same thing about last year's special - immense opening 10 minutes, but somewhat underwhelming thereafter.
That's a view I certainly agreed with.
This year, the reviewer reckoned, is a massive improvement and described it as 'amazing'.
Judging by the trailers, it looks like an extremely ambitious piece of television, and the BBC really have pulled out all the stops.
Who'd have thought, five years ago, that Doctor Who would be described by the nation's most respectable TV critics as THE television event of the holiday season that no kid under the age of 90 (yes, ninety) should miss?...to paraphrase the Times's reviewer.
That's no small praise.
Love or hate his scripts, there's no questioning RTD's success in handling of the series in terms of delivering the results. The guy will doubtlessly go down in TV history as one of the most successful showrunners of all time.
Regards,
Cypher
No, but seriously, I'm expecting entertainment, not a work of art - although a work of art would be an excellent surprise 
