DW: Episode 3.6

A nice generic monster episode.

Oop, they missed a trick with that trailer. It would have been interesting (and very in keeping) if the Doctor hadn't reappeared, and they seperately got involved in the Lazarus experiment. Would have been a different take on the "companion got dumped" typical routine.

"Greenhorn"? Sounds like an alias to me. Confidential may change that impression, but I won't be surprised if it is eventually revealed to be another RTD front (much like certain theories around Matt Jones' work in Series 2).

Now that's a monster! Neat CGI body, but the face could do with more work. (Look to the Japanese, people! Just check out Final Fantasy for some realistic faces.) And I'm thinking it's just me, but Mark Gatiss looks incrediably like (a young) Peter Davison. (Now that would be stunt casting, casting an older-Doctor in a non-Doctor role.)

Martha proves to herself to be exceedingly competant, able to use the sonic screwdriver to extreme effectiveness. But how do women run in high heels? The sonic screwdriver itselfs proves once again to be the ultimate McGuffin. There is a reason JNT got rid of it, and this entire new series proves that he was right to do so.

This story was really done twice. The first part obviously ends at 30 mins, and then they tack on more running around (a cathedral instead of the laboratories) before finally ending it with Mark Gatiss nude again. Not even inserting lots of Saxon makes that bearable. (Although the family was!)

Coming up: That does look seriously kewl for upcoming episodes...