My SPOILER FILLED First Impressions Of The War Between The Land And The Sea

It's safe to say that right now Doctor Who needs as many wins as it can get as not only will there not be a new episode or even series until next year but Disney did alot of harm to the show during the first series of it's big relaunch. Well the show that could give it it's big win has finally debuted in the UK as Disney has even done damage to this show as well but either way you all just knew that I had to check out this show the very first chance I got and well the first two episodes have dropped and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED first impressions on the show that might actually save Doctor Who with the show in question being called simply just "The War Between The Land And The Sea" enjoy.

The plot of these first two episodes is when a member of of a species called The Sea Devils is killed and a war looms between both them and the human race it's up U.N.I.T. and a random civilian to help bring piece. Now then interms of what I -personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first episodes was in all honesty not that bad with both episodes doing a very good job of setting up the main plot of the show with the plot for these two episodes oddly feeling alot more adult then anything that would be found in the more recent episodes of the main show so much so that at times this show does feel alot more like a political thriller then a science fiction show and while these two episodes don't lean into that from a plot point of view it is something that does work to the shows advantage with the plot for these episodes being as a strong as it was ever going to be given the fact that it's basically just set up for the rest of the show but even so when the set up is this good it does make you want to watch the nest episode just to see how the plot develops as the plot that we got in these first two episodes alone was just so good and was easily better then whatever Space Babies was trying to be and yet at the same time tho given that these are just the first two episodes of the show the shows plot isn't one that gets alot of focus which is something that does make sense as this is only the start of the show but given that this show will only be five episodes it would have bee nice for the plot of these episodes to give alot more focus to the plot of the main show itself with the plot of these episodes being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in these first two episodes is Russell Tovey as Barclay Pierre-Dupont and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Salt. Also starring in these episodes is Jemma Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart , Colin McFarlane as General Austin Pierce , Alexander Devrient as Colonel Christofer Ibrahim , Ruth Madeley as Shirley Anne Bingham , Adrian Lukis as Sir Jonathan Hynes , Vincent Franklin as Harry Shaw , Francesca Corney as Sergeant Hana Chakri , Mei Mac as Min Tso , Waleed Hammad as Tariq Hashim , Hannah Donaldson as Louise Mackie , Ann Akinjirin as Barbara Pierre-Dupont , Cat Gannon as Kirby Pierre-Dupont , Stewart Alexander as Oscar Gunsberg , Leo Anthony as Roger Trevithick , Tim Wallers as Felix Gladstock and Lachele Carl as Trinity Wells.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty shockingly good. With all of these episodes actors turning in some really good performances and while that does make alot of sense for alot of them as alot of these episodes actors are reprising their roles from the main show and therefor know how best to perform there character the same thing is also true for alot of the shows more newer actors as well like for example Gugu Mbatha-Raw is jaw droppingly good in this episode with her brining a certain amount of charm and likability to a character that could have been as being unlikable with the same thing being true for alot of this shows more newer actors as well with the exception being Russell Tovey who is just a really good actor in his own right and heck he's even the best actor in these episodes as he bring a normal factor to the show with his character being the shows "every man" in that he's not a science wiz or anything like that he's the guy next door or he's your best friend and because of that Russell does bring a certain charm , humor and more importantly humanity to the role that would have been lost if the character was played by quite literally anybody else as he's just that good in the role with him and Gugu even having some really good chemistry together in there scenes as well with the acting that's these very episodes really being helped by the fact that the scripts for these first two episodes are just so good that all these episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out pf them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in these very episodes.

Doing the GI for these episodes is the legends and the greats that really are currently over at Millennium FX. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good with the episodes making some really good use of that Disney money to give us some really good looking CGI effects something that has been true for all of the Ncuti Gatwa era of Doctor Who and while the main show does need to be a very effects heavy show just due to the nature of that show here tho it really doesn't need to be as effects heavy as it is as you don't need to show us the Sea Devils swimming in what is possibly a London court room you could not feature those characters and have Salt appear on her own and the scene would out just the same with the only reason to show effects is to show of part of the Sea Devil watery home and that's pretty much and yet both of the episodes do lean a little bit to heavy on the effects when they really didn't need to but in saying this tho it does seem like the episodes were only using effects in places where they they couldn't do them practically and to the episodes credit the effects in the show do look really good with there being lots of really good looking effects all of which do show of that Disney money but while the episodes do have some really good effects it's in there practical effects where the episodes really do shine best as the Sea Devils themselves look so good in these episodes and that's not taking away from the episodes CGI it's just that practical effects when done right will always look alot more better then CGI will.

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To be real you can tell right away that the show is going for a The Shape Of Water type of vibe as it is pretty obvious that there going to have Barclay and Salt fall in love with each other. As Salt does opening call him her favorite human something which he does smile at and he does call her beautiful in episode two as well with there romance really being helped by the fact that both Russell and Gugu do have some really good chemistry with each other with the only down side being that while both of the episodes do go a long way in showing us just who Barclay is as a character outside of this situation the same thing absolutely cannot be said Salt who we only see in these meetings and yet we're meant to fell bad for her character this is despite the fact that the episode doesn't really give us a reason to care for her character in the first place and while the character on paper could work as she is the ambassador for her race of people there still needs to be the leg work put into her character to make her work as a character but in saying this tho given that episodes 3 and 4 do look like that there going to be taking place underwater there is a good chance that we might get to find out more about her as a character otherwise we could be looking at another Rose Noble situation where we get a character who could be good if more time is put into her but for whatever reason the makers of the show just don't do it and so the character ends up as flat as a board which I hope is not the case as Salt does have a really cool look to her and the fact that she seems to be the only one that can speak English does make her a slightly interesting character it's just that we need to find out more about her character in order for us the audience to decide on if we really like her character or not.

As was stated at the very start of this post Disney have done alot of harm to this show and it's not even aired on Disney+ yet. This is because of the fact that Disney and the BBC spent so long going back and forth on not only when but also how this show was going to release with Disney pushing it further and further back into the year with it getting to the point where both them and the BBC broke up there deal with Doctor Who and because of the fact that the BBC said that this show would release this year they only had about a month or two to really start promoting the show and yet it was only last week when they released the first official trailer for the show with this being because of the fact that Disney didn't know when they wanted to release it so the tried to pressure the BBC into releasing the show at a much more later date when it would have worked just as well for them to release the show this year and yet because they chose not to do that as there instead releasing it at somepoint in 2026 it now means that Doctor Who fans outside of the UK and Ireland are now going to have to wait an unspecified amount of time for the show whilst also trying to avoid spoilers for the show on a weekly basis and given just how good the reviews have been for the show and how solid the ratings have been for the show thus far it would have been in there favor to release the show if now at the same time as the BBC but near enough the same time as then they could have gotten more numbers to Disney+ which in turn could have helped them decide on if they want to pay more for Doctor Who but because they didn't do that it now means that those potential viewers might not be there as odds are there going to pirate the show and due to them pulling out of the deal it now also means that the BBC can now go back to releasing the episodes first on TV and then putting them IPlayer instead of doing it the other way around like they did for Doctor Who the past two years.

Much like how this show does feel more like a political thriller with these first two episodes there also moments in these first two episodes alone which are gut bustingly funny. Like the fact that when she finds out what Barclay's job actually is the first thing that Barbera does is go to use her hotel rooms mini bar with Barclay even saying that he doesn't know that if it's free or not and even the fact that Barclay himself acts surprised when Salt outright demands that he be the spokesperson for humanity with his reaction being as over the top as you'd expect it to be but the best and most funniest moment in both of these episodes comes near the end of episode 2 where after all of the plastic has been emptied from the oceans and dumped all over the planet thanks to the Sea Devils a news reported in America does a report on how so many years after it left for New York the Titanic has finally arrived there which was just such a funny joke that you can imagine Russell T. Davies or even the show co-writer Pete McTighe laughing at it whilst they were reading the script for the episode with alot of the episode being filled to brim with little moments like that that do make these episodes all the more fun to watch then what they already are as while the episodes jokes don't undercut any of the tension at all as there only used to lighten the mood and that's really it they are jokes that do work and will have people laughing regardless of if you've watched Doctor Who or not of course if you have watched Doctor Who then you'll love Kate's little jab at how difficult that The Doctor can be to work with from time to time which isn't gut bustingly funny but will put a smile on your face.

Now then episode one of this show has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty three minuets and thirty seconds. With episode two having a grand total running time of exactly forty seven minuets and twenty two seconds both of which are perfectly solid running times for those respective episodes to have as both episodes have the right amount of plot there to really cover both of there respective running times and yet both episodes really don't use there respective running times all that wisely either as none of them develop the plot all that well which granted is something that will always be the case given the fact that these are only the first two episodes of the show but given that the show is only five episodes long then all of the episodes need to be about advancing the plot of the show and while it is understandable that episode one isn't advancing the shows plot as that's just starting the plot off there really needed to be some plot development in episode two and yet we got nothing as the makers of the show seemed to be more focused on having the camera moving all the time then it was in developing it's plot with this even effecting the shows characters as none of the shows characters get any kind of character development which again is understandable as the show is only just starting out but again given how short that this series is going to be then the makers of this show really should have started to give the characters some form of character development but in all fairness tho there is a strong chance that by the end of episode five we could have some fully formed characters as right now the only two characters we get to find anything about is Kate and Barclay and that's it but I really will admit that these really do have some really good pacing to them tho.

So now then as this is an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad. As even tho there's really only the one action scene in both of the episodes what makes it work is the fact that it is something that was built really well over both of the episodes with that being something that does make the show feel alot more like a political thriller as you do get to see just what it is that each of the humans want from this deal and to see it all go down the tubes when the Sea Devils do the one thing that all sides did say was the thing that they wanted the most and that everything out of the ocean only instead of putting it somewhere else every last bit of rubbish that was in the ocean now gets dumped onto the planet with that being the episodes best action scene as we do get see that something like that could potentially be deadly as Barclay's family almost get killed during the attack with that action scene being something that could be seen as being something of a power move as it shows the humans that the Sea Devils aren't to be messed with and while future episodes might go into more detail into how powerful that they are for an opening attack tho filling the world with all of it' plastic and rubbish but there is one thing that this show will have to address at some point and that's why the fourteenth Doctor isn't getting involved as we know him to be on earth and yet during the action in episode two he's no where to be see with that action scene also being really creative as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall this is the kind of show that Doctor Who Season 1 should have been as these two episodes are just so good that it's a shame that it's only going to be five episodes as they do remind us of just how good of a writer that Russell T. Davies really can be when he really wants to be in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these very episodes in this very post and since this is only my first impressions I won't be giving this show a rating but as this is only five episodes long and given that next week there dropping episodes 3 and 4 I WILL keep on watching this show and therefor when episode 5 drops in a few weeks there will be a review of the show as a whole.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from Tenor , Amazon .  Co . Uk , Tardis . Wiki and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes that I used in this very post being the really great Tardis . Wiki really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from these very episodes with alot of them being better quality then what'd think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Tardis . Wiki are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Thomas & Friends: Day Of The Diesels Film Review

For a good long while once a year there would be a new Thomas film released every year with these being made as a way to start of the new series of the show. Some of them were good and others were bad with the film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today being one of the bad Thomas films as the characters both say and do things that make sense either in the context of the film or for the characters themselves and so then join me as I review the film that sees a classic Thomas villain make his grand return and where Toby oddly sounds like Parker from Thunderbirds with the film in question being called simply just "Thomas & Friends: Day Of The Diesels" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when Percy starts to feel left out by Thomas Diesel and an old foe plot to get him on there side for their own devious ends. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this film having a plot that does feel like it could work as the plot of a Thomas movie but in saying that this films plot really isn't all that interesting as for alot of the time it does feel like that the film has no plot to speak off as the film does pick up and drop it's plot quite alot of the time which is something that does make it hard to work out what the main plot of the film is even meant to be alot of the time with this something that very easily could have been fixed just by having the film focus alot more on Percy's plot as that is meant to be the main plot of the film as we don't need pointless scenes of him seeing Thomas puffing away with Belle as that adds nothing to the films plot and showing that just the once more then gets the point across with this being a huge issue with the film as while yes this is a kids film through and through that doesn't mean that the plot of the film has to feel like it was scrambled together at the last minuet as on paper this is a film that could have been really interesting it just needed a few rewrites of the script to make it better is all and yet because of the fact that the film is more focused on giving us pointless scenes with the characters it really does mean that the film can't focus on it's plot with the plot of this film not even being really rather entertaining and as well as being not really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Starring in this film is Ben Small as Thomas and Toby and Keith Wickham as Percy , Edward , Henry , Gordon , James , The Fat Controller , Den , Salty , Paxton and Dowager Hatt. Also starring in this film is Kerry Shale as Diesel , 'Arry , Bert , Norman and Sidney , Matt Wilkinson as Diesel 10 , Kevin, Stanley, Victor, Rocky, Cranky and Farmer McColl , Rupert Degas as Flynn and Dart , Teresa Gallagher as Emily , Belle , Mavis and Lady Hatt and Michael Angelis as The Narrator.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With the films acting being as good as it was ever going to be mainly being due to the fact that alot of this films actors have been voicing these characters for a very long time and in the case of Michael Angelis having been the official UK narrator for the franchise since it's third series and while he does sound like he's either just flat out done with the franchise or is just tired alot of the time he is still really good in this film with the rest of the films actors being really good as they all have voices that do somewhat match the characters with the only one whose voice doesn't really match the character that there playing being Matt Wilkinson as Diesel 10 who isn't bad persay in this film it's just that his voice oddly enough isn't scary enough for this character as this character should have a more scary and more gravelly sounding voice to him and yet here he has the exact opposite of that with the film best actor being Keith Wickham as he does get alot of time to show us just what he can do with his Percy voice which to the films credit they do take full advantage of by making Percy the lead character of the film with the acting that's in this film not really being helped by the fact that this is films script is just so bad as it gives none of this films actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there actual personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does hurt the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Doing the animation for this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Nitrogen Studios Canada. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty OK. With this films animation not really being the best Thomas animation out there as everything does look kind of flat and boring alot of the time which is something that does make as this films director also directed Sausage Party and the two animated Addams Family films and yet much like with those films you can tell that there is alot of thought and effort put into this films animation with there being some impressive lighting and camera moves that wouldn't have been able to be done in the shows model era where the films animation does fall flat tho is in it's backgrounds as none of them standout out from each other with all of them being just as dull and lifeless as the one that came before it which would be fine for an episode of the show as then you have to spread the budget across a whole series worth of episodes whereas as here that's not an excuse and while it would have been foolish to expect Disney levels of animation it's not out of the question to ask for something that does look better then just OK but to be fair tho the film does have some nice designs for the characters all of which feel right at home in the CGI era of the show and yet whilst there is alot of thought gone into this film animation it's the fact that the films backgrounds just aren't that visually interesting to look at that does hold the film back as even some of the bad model era Thomas films at least have good backgrounds where you can tell that there's some distance being covered in them where as here that doesn't seem to be the case. 

As was mentioned at the start of this review this film does feature the return of a classic Thomas villain that being Diesel 10. With the character actually getting a pretty cool reveal as he slowly but surely slinks his way out of the shadows of the Diesel Works to meet with Percy near the start of the film which was a good reveal and it is something that would have been really shocking to see if he wasn't revealed during the post credits scene of the previous film and yet his plan in this film does feel out of character for him where as in Thomas And The Magic Railroad he just wanted to destroy Lady for no good reason other then he could which is perfect for him as it makes him out to be the series big bad villain who all engines should fear and yet here the only thing that he wants to do is to take over the Steam Works because of the fact that the Diesel Works are in a state of disrepair and that's it which would have been fine for an episode of the show heck it would have worked for an episode of season 15 of the show but for a movie that's meant to be about his grand return it oddly feels out of character for him to want that as his end goal as Diesel 10 hates all other steam engines so wouldn't it make more sense for him to have a plan that involves getting rid of them all as he is meant to be a villain afterall and yet the makers of this film give him a plan that actually makes him out to be the good guy of the film as the Diesel Works are in bad shape so surely giving him a plan that makes him out to more devious would be more befitting him as a character and heck the only devious thing that he does is convince Percy to join the diesels and even then it could be argued that Thomas , Belle and Flynn unknowingly did alot of the work for him.

Thomas oddly feels out of character in this film as he just straight up says that all diesels are bad and yet he knows at the very least three diesel engines all of which are kind engines. With those being Salty , Mavis and Daisy and while it could be argued that he isn't friends with Daisy which is a fair point to make he is still good friends with both Salty and Mavis and heck both of them even appear in this movie which makes it weird thing for Thomas to say now if he said that most diesel engines are devious engines then that would have been different but he doesn't he says that all of them are and that is something that Thomas just wouldn't say yes he would say that he hates diesel engines but he would also make sure to say that he likes some of them and is friends with some of them as well with that line only feeling like that it was in there because of the fact that this films writer Sharon Miller needed another reason for Percy to go and join up with the diesels even tho the same thing would have worked if it was by quite literally any other engine that isn't friends with either Salty or Mavis heck given that Toby has had a bad experience with Daisy in the past it would have made sense for him to say it and you could even argue that due to the fact that when the show first introduced Mavis she and Toby didn't really get along and so it would have made sense for him to say it or even one of the bigger engines as well but for one reason or another it just had to be Thomas which makes it look like that the makers of this film don't even watch the show that there working on as Thomas in this film just feels like an afterthought at best and like a really badly written version of himself at worst.

Another thing that really doesn't work for this film is the fact that Percy and Thomas falling out is done really badly here. As Percy was right there with Thomas when The Fat Controller gave Thomas his orders to show Belle around in the first place with Percy being given a completely different job to do in the first place with everything that happens after the fact being done in a such a way that makes it look like that both Thomas and Percy are joined at the hip and do everything together when all you have to do is look at past episodes to see that that's not true and heck even in the previous film Mystery Island Rescue the two characters spend the vast majority of the film apart and Percy didn't feel left out then nor did he during alot of the episodes of the show and when he was it was done so much more better then in this film as you could see that Thomas was in wrong alot of the time whereas here it's Percy that's in the wrong as while he is he is the "baby" of the group and therefor doesn't really know alot of things he does know that he and Thomas will always be best friends and that being really useful is still a good thing even if that means taking on jobs that will keep you away from your best friend for the entire day and yet here he oddly gets really protective of Thomas when that is something that just doesn't work if the makers of this film really wanted to have the characters have a falling out and stop being friends then have them fight over the course of the film with that being what leads Percy to join up with the diesels and not the fac that he feels left out as then it would be feasible given the characters state of mind at the time as having him join up with Diesel 10 and his friends at the first chance that he gets just makes the whole thing with Thomas and Percy not being friends feel rushed and underdeveloped.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty seven minuets and twenty six seconds. Which to be fair is a pretty solid running time for a Thomas film to have with this film even having the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time but in saying this tho the film really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as the film film doesn't develop it's plot all that well with the film being more focused on forcing a breakup between Thomas and Percy and having Thomas act out of character then it is telling a good well developed plot and yet the film could have had those moments in the film and still developed it's plot just by adding in more scenes that allowed for the plot of the film to be more developed and yet because of the fact that the film does drop and pick up it's plot alot of the time that does mean that the plot of the film can't be that well developed as the film has to start up it's plot several times with the film not even taking the time to fully develop it's characters which is kind of understandable as it could be argued that alot of the films characters get there character development in the show and therefor don't really need it in this film and even then it could be argues that Diesel 10 gets some character development as he does learn not to be so impulsive but even then that doesn't really work as he doesn't act impulsive at all in the film as everything that he does in the film s well thought out with Percy being the only character in the film that had the potential to get some character development as he could have learnt not to be so reliant on Thomas and except that Thomas won't always have the time for him but the film doesn't do that and instead leaves him with no character development at all but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.   

So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty i in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. The film does have some decent jokes in it but in saying this tho alot of the films don't really land all that well like the fact that the first thing that Diesel 10 does when he captures the Steam Works is go spinning on the turn table which the film does take great delight in showing and yet it's also something that really doesn't work in the film and yet rightfully all of the films jokes are very child friendly with there being alot of cute jokes in it like the fact that that when Percy goes to rescue Thomas and Phillip from the Steam Works just Dart just says the exact same thing that his friend was saying only differently which is a cute joke but it's not something that will get alot of laughs out of people if there not actively listening for it infact there really isn't a joke that could be the best joke of the film as the film isn't that bothered in telling us a good joke rather it's more focused on showing us how Percy and Thomas stopped being friends for the film and that's really it with the film not even trying to have have a good joke in there when given the characters that appear in the film they really could have had some decent laughs in the film like we could have had a joke with Salty telling one his stories to the other diesels only for them to try and shut him up only for a character like Percy or Thomas to tell him to carry on just to wind the diesels up something like would have been a decent joke and it's something that would have made this film alot more funnier to watch then what it already is in the first place in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall yeah this film is pretty bad film it's not the worst Thomas film out there as there is alot of effort put into this film but it's also not the best one either as everything in this film just feels either lazy and undercooked with alot of the films main ideas being things that were handled better in other Thomas films in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then noys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very film that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very film with alot of them being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Paddington 1976 TV Series "A Bear In Hot Water" Review

To say that Paddington is a British institution would be like saying that Doctor Who is a good science fiction show. As the bear with a disturbing Marmalade addiction is a huge part of British pop culture and with the review of the first episode having gone down well it only made sense to review the second episode in his most famous animated TV series and so then join me as I review the episode that sees Paddington having to deal with the trails and tribulations of having a bath with the episode in question being called simply just "A Bear In Hot Water" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is after finally arriving at his new home Paddington has to take a bath something which is easier said then done. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes plot being a direct continuation of the first episodes plot as now we get to see what Paddington can get up in his new home with the plot of this episode being one that much like the rest of this shows plots is delightfully simple in it's approach to things as all the amin crux of the episode is is just Paddington trying to take a bath and that's it and that's great as this is a character that doesn't really demand deep and thought provoking plots to make his adventures work rather he just needs the basic set up for an episode and that's really it and that's something that this is episode does wonderfully and while yes it would have been better if there was more to this episode outside of that one set up and that's really it and to this episodes credit it does pull of this set up wonderfully so much so that it was even adapted into the 2014 live action Paddington film as well with the smallness of the episodes plot really being a testament to how well that these stories hold up as while yes granted next to nobody has a bath anymore it is still a timeless tale with the way that this episode handles it being charming in it's own unique way with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Starring in this episode is Sir Michael Hordern as the episodes narrator with this episode making good use of him as a narrator. As he does describe everything that's going on including what the character is thinking which is something that does make this episode feel all the more charming then what it already is as it comes across as him reading us the story instead of him being paid to tell us the story which is something that is very easily could have done and it could even be argued that his narration helps to add a certain charm to the episode that might have been lost if someone else was doing it as he does add that extra special something to the episode and while yes it could be argued that the episode would work just as well without the narration as heck the two live action Paddington films work without a narrator this was the first time that the character had appeared in any other media and so he wasn't as well known back then as he was now and therefor giving the show a narrator does help to lend the episode some credibility as he was a fairly well known classically trained actor with it being helped by the fact that he does have the kind of silky smooth voice that is just perfect for narrating a kids TV show with his voice having a warm and kind hearted nature to it that works well for this show and while yes he does still use the same voice for alot of the characters in this episode here it was a lot less confusing as the episode was more about narration then it was about giving the characters a voice something which wasn't true for the previous episode where the episode relied more on the characters voices to tell the story and not the narration.

Now then as for what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With the fact that this episodes acting being as good as it is not really being all that surprising as Sir Michael Hordern was as previously mentioned a classically trained actor and therefor of course his acting in all of this shows episodes this one included was going to be that good and while he doesn't give the characters a lot of different voices in this episode something which is still a bit confusing he does try to do an accent with him giving Mrs. Bird a slight Scottish accent which is something that does pull off really well in the characters one scene in the episode with him by default being the episodes best actor as while he doesn't give the characters much in the way of different voices he does try to make his voice sound a bit more youthful when it comes to characters like Jonathan and Judy and yet when it comes to Mr. Brown he's a bit more stern sounding with Mrs. Brown being somewhere in the middle which are great things as even tho there small things to include they do help to make it easier to tell just which character is talking and heck it could be argued that Paddington has his own unique voice with him sounding more like a typical British gentlemen or rather how a foreigner thinks a British gentlemen might sound and it is sis something that does work for Paddington with the acting that's in this episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actor has to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of him naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode. 

Doing the animation for this episode really is the legends and the greats that are currently over at FilmFair. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with the episode doing a really good job of mixing stopmotion 3D animation with 2D animation really well with there being alot of scenes in this episode that make you wonder how they managed to pull it off with the best example of this being the taxi at the start of the episode as not only can you see Mrs. Brown a 2D character in the backseat but if you look closely the taxi also casts a shadow and has a 2 D driver which combined should make it a pain of a shot to pull off let alone look good and yet that is a shot that does look really good as it blends together two very different elements and makes them look quite seamless with the episode having more of a focus on stopmotion animation this time around as alot of the episode does focus on Paddington with the stopmotion looking really good granted it's not on the same level as anything from Aardman but for the time that this show was being made and the fact that they pretty much had one person doing all of the stop motion that being Barry Leith with the episodes stop motion shockingly not taking a step down in quality from the first episode as it is something hat does look really good with the episodes stop motion actually looking alot more better then the episodes 2D animation does. 

Whilst this episode could be seen as being a nothing episode as nothing that's all that important happens in this episode what it does do is introduce the characters of Jonathan Brown and Mrs. Bird. As those characters were of course not in the previous episode and yet even tho this is there introduction episode neither character gets alot of time to showcase just what it is that there all about with Jonathan getting a little bit more screen time then Mrs. Bird as he runs the bath for Paddington and then warns the Browns when Paddington as left the bath running for far to long but that's really it as the last thing that Mrs. Bird does in this episode is say that she's going to make Paddington a Marmalade sandwich and that's it and to be fair given how little a plot that this episode has in the first place it does make sense that the new characters wouldn't get alot of screen time in this episode as the episode has to get along to the next plot point and to be fair to this episode the fact that all of it's character are fairly simple characters in there own right is something that does make them charming in the first place but in saying this it still would have worked really well if we he had gotten to see Paddington interact more with Mrs. Bird and with the other members of the Brown family as then we could have seen both sides trying to adjust to the new living situation something which the 2014 film would actually take the time to do as Mr. Browns arc for that film is trying to adjust to Paddington now being in his life and yet in this episode none of that was needed even tho it would have been fun to see what Mrs. Bird someone who is very no nonsense would think of Paddington in the first place.

While this episode does have alot of things that are working for it it does also have some things that are actively working against it. Like the fact that the episodes plot isn't the best that it could have been as it's just a continuation of the first episodes plot which is not a knock on that episodes plot it's just that that episode kind of wrapped up things rather nicely and granted it might have been done this way for both this episode and the following two episodes as they might have been done that way in the book that those stories are being adapted from which in this case is A Bear Called Paddington but what works in a book might not work in a TV show with the fact that the plot is a direct continuation being an example of this fact. With the other thing that doesn't really work all that well in the fact that none of the Browns offer to help Paddington when he's trying to work out how to take a bath as the kids tell him what to do and that's it and the parents aren't seen for the vast majority of the episode when one of them should have been there to help Paddington out as this would have been the first time that he's seen let alone taken a bath in the first place and so of course he wouldn't know either what to do or how to act in that situation and while it was fun seeing him constantly getting distracting while the bath was still running it is something that in the world of the show should have been stopped just by having someone by it a member of the Brown family or Mrs. Bird help Paddington out with this being something that would have hit home the fact that they all a bunch of loving and caring people in the process and yet the episode makes out that everything that happens in the episode is Paddington's fault and while that is true the rest of the family aren't blameless either. 

One of the oddest things that this episode does is have the vast majority of the episode all take place inside of the Browns bathroom. As while we do yes get to see the Browns living room and hallway and the outside of there house that's all we get to see in this episode and yet that is something that does oddly work for this episode as while it does make the episode look cheap given the fact that it was mostly being animated by one man having alot of the episode just focus on Paddington in this one location is something that most likely was done to save him doing extra work but in saying this tho it still would have been nice if we got to see more of the Browns house even if it was just in passing as then we could get to see where the bathroom is in relation to the families respective bedrooms thus making the scene where the bathroom does start to flood all the more dramatic as now we have to worry the families bedrooms and i could have had the added impact of making the house seem alot more bigger then what it actually as right now the house feels alot more small due to the fact that we don't get to see that much of it with this being something that could have been by having the Brown children showing Paddington where the bathroom is something which they do anyway as there in the bathroom with him when Jonathan starts the bath but we never get to see the landing we only get to see the bathroom and that's really it when it would have made more sense if the family were shown showing Paddington where the bathroom is and we actually got to see them doing it and yet for ne reason we don't get that and while it doesn't hurt the episode it is something that does make the Browns house feel alot more smaller.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly five minuets and three seconds. With this being a solid running time for this episode to have as this episode doesn't need that long of a running time in order to tell it's plot as this is a plot that has the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time and doesn't need to be longer then what it is with this episode even using it's running time very wisely as the episodes plot is as well developed as it was even going to be as the episode doesn't have that much there in the way of plot in the first place and therefor it doesn't need to be that well developed as the only thing that needs to be developed is the set up and that's really it and to be fair to this episode that's all it needed to be developed as this is a plot that along with the first episode and up to the fourth episode is telling one big story of Paddington getting used to life in London with this episode being nothing more then a small chapter in that story with the episode even developing it's characters as well as it possibly could have done as the episode doesn't really leave alot of room for the characters to get that much development in the first place and yet what little development a character like Paddington does indeed get works really well as we see go from not really knowing how to use a bath to using one in his own unique way which was something that did work for the episode with none of the human characters not really needing any character development as this is an episode that doesn't really require it from them but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean that I have t actually talk about the actual comedy thats actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episode having alot of really cute and funny moments in it with the idea of Paddington trying and failing to use a bath being something that does allow for alot of really funny moments in it and to be fair to this episode it really does take as fully advantage of it's set up as is humanly possible by giving us alot of funny moments that do feel true to the character of Paddington with the best joke in the episode being at the end when after failing struggling to take a bath in his duffle coat because he wanted to keep himself dry Paddington again tries to take a bath only this time it's a dry bath with not water in it which is a really cute joke to have and is something that does feel true to the character of Paddington as he wouldn't know how to take a bath and therefor he would of course with the most ridiculous solution after struggling to take a bath in the first place and heck it could be argued that the whole episode is one big joke as there alot of moments in the episode that are cute and funny like Paddington falling in the sink or him deciding to use toothpaste to make his ears white after being told to clean them because there black with all of this episodes jokes working as well as they do because of the fact that Paddington himself is such a likable character in the first place which is something that really does make all of this jokes work really well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this episode really is one that whilst it really can be skipped over by Paddington fans is one that really shouldn't be skipped over due to the fact that we really get to see Paddington really being his usual charming self and the fact that we really get to see key side characters introduced with the episode itself being a really charming and funny episode in it's own right in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad thigs that are in this very episode in this very review that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.

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Class: For Tonight We Might Die Review

When we think of TV Spin-off's of Doctor Who we usually think of two shows in particular those being Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures with us maybe sometimes thinking about that non canon K9 kids TV show from 2009 and the K9 And Company special from the eighties. However there is one spin off show that seems to have been forgotten and well with the Whoniverse launching a new more adult themed Doctor Who spin off next week not that you'd know about since they've barely been promoting it I thought that i'd take a look back at the first episode of this show to see if it was as good as I remember it being and so then join me as I review the episode that for a Doctor Who adult themed TV show is still shockingly violent with the episode in question being called simply just "For Tonight We Might Die" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when students start going missing and an alien appears out of a crack inn thin air it's up to a bunch of students and there reluctant teacher to team and save the day with the help of an old friend of the teachers and one her students.  Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with this episodes plot basically being the typical plot that you'd think of for a first episode for a spin off show as it does spend alot of time in setting up the characters and in setting up the main plot of the show instead of setting up the main plot of the episode and while the main location in this case being Coal Hill School doesn't need setting up as the location is that well known in the world and lore of Doctor Who it would have been nice if the episode did spend a bit more time in setting up the main plot of the episode as while it is understandable why they spent time in setting up the characters and plot of the show none of that would matter if the plot to this episode isn't as good as it was with the plot to this episode being a bit on the weak side as it's not the strongest plot that they could have used to start this show off on as you do want to start out with your best foot forward the episodes plot was a good as it was ever going to be and to the episodes credit it does know when to focus on the plot and when not to as even the episode does reveal things that would have been better saved for later on in the series they do still work in the context of this episode with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Greg Austin as Charlie , Fady Elsayed as Ram , Sophie Hopkins as April and Vivian Oparah as Tanya. Also starring in this episode is Katherine Kelly as Miss Quill , Jordan Renzo as Matteusz , Ben Peel as Coach Dawson , Shannon Murray as Jackie , Aaron Neil as Varun , Natasha Gordon as Vivian , Anna Shaffer as Rachel , Paul Marc Davis as Corakinus , Nigel Betts as Mr Armitage , Pooja Shah as Miss Shah , Alex Leak as Kevin , Laura June Hudson as Mrs Linderhof and Peter Capaldi as The Doctor.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes actors turning in some really good performances something which is not that entirely shocking in it's own right as while yes granted alot of this episodes are at best very little known actors if you've seen this episodes actors in anything else other then this show of course then you'll know just how good that they could be which is very much the case for this episode as even tho in first episodes the acting is never as good as it would be in later episodes here the quality of the acting was already so high in the first place with all of this episodes actors turning in some really good performances and while it of course would be quite east to picture anyone playing the main characters the main actors in this episode do leave a long lasting impression on us the audience with even alot of them reprising their roles in the various Class Audio Adventures with the best actor in this episode being Greg Austin as Charlie as he is really likable as the character and yet at the same time there is huge mystery surrounding his character that makes you want to get to know more about him with Greg brining a certain boyish charm to the character and yet also showing a side to the character where he might have a more darker side to him both of which fit in really well with his character with the acting that's in this episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which s something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

Doin the CGI for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Milk , BBC Wales Graphics and Real SFX. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes CGI more then holding it's own when compared to the CGI in Doctor Who with this being helped by the fact that whilst yes this episode is an effects heavy episode it oddly enough doesn't that much CGI in the episode with the episode using more of a blend between computer effects and practical effects which is great as it means that the episodes effects won't be dated as much as the effects are in few of the early 2005 episodes of Doctor Who for example and yet when the episode does use CGI it's done to create something that couldn't possibly be done for real like the way that the alien travels from his world to our world with the makers of this episode even adding in the little detail of there being a reflection on the schools floor whenever that method is used with the only thing that does let this episode down from an effects point of view being when the creatures want to kidnap someone as the shadow effect whilst it is very creepy looking doesn't look as good as it perhaps should have done and granted this was most likely because of the fact that this show wouldn't have had a huge budget and therefor didn't have a huge effects budget but for an effects heavy show like this there really should have been more effort put into that effect to make it as good as it could have been even more so when you take into account the aliens we meet in this episode are meant to be the series main villains.

As was noted near the start of this review this episode does feature Peter Capaldi as The Doctor with this episode being the only time that he appears in this show. While it does make sense for him to appear in this episode as he is the main shows main character he doesn't really do all that much outside of show up near the end of the episode to explain his connection to Charlie and Mrs. Quill and to charge Quill and the teens with defending the school in his absence and that's really it but to be fair tho that's all he really needed to do as he's not the main character of this show and having The Doctor appear to help out Quill and the teens is a good way to tell fans who aren't that big into the Doctor Who lore that the two shows are indeed connected to each other and it would have been far to distracting if he was in more of the episode as it would make the episode feel like just another episode of Doctor Who and not be it's own unique thing which for better or for worse was something that Class was successful in doing but it was fun seeing Peter Capaldi's Doctor interacting with the no nonsense Mrs. Quill with there back and forth near the end of the episode being really entertaining to see as was it being revealed that he rescued both Charlie and Mrs. Quill when Corakinus and the rest of his species called the Shadow Kin attacked there home planet killing almost all of it's inhabitants with The Doctor showing up just in time to save Quill and Charlie which was a nice way to give them a connection to The Doctor with that being something that he would do with him being mostly in character this episode as he does act how to expect this version of The Doctor to act altho he does act a little to dumb for my taste in this episode which granted he is prone to doing but here it kind of felt like that the makers of this episode kind of went over board with it where it became more of a way to tear down this truly iconic character.

What wasn't expected and was to be honest quite distracting was the fact that they mentioned both The Vampire Diaries and Buffy The Vampire Slayer within two maybe three minuets of each other. Which was only done because of the fact that this shows creator and this episode writer Patrick Ness wrote young adult fiction books before writing this show and that's really it which is fair enough but Buffy wasn't on the air and hadn't been the air for close to ten years when this episode was being made so it really makes no sense for him to have a line where the characters mention the show by name and even say that Coal Hill School is like the Hellmouth for that show as realistically the odds of them even knowing about the show aren't the best whereas they would know about and possibly even watch The Vampire Diaries with the line where they both get referenced just screaming of someone who is trying to hard to capture the young adult fanbase whereas if he just told a good story and cut out those references which do date the episode pretty badly then he would have been able to get that same audience more naturally but in saying that tho given that he has written for the young adult audience in the past he was the best writer to lead this show as no one would that target audience better then someone who was written several books for them them and to his credit that line where both of those shows get referenced are the only kind of cringy lines in the whole episode as the episode does have some rather mature elements to it all of which do work really well and are things that could only work in this more mature show as in Doctor Who they would just feel out of place given the more child friendly nature of that show.

Speaking of the shows more mature nature this episode really does hit you over the head with just how mature that it could be. With a character straight up getting stabbed in the back by Corakinus with the episode not only showing her being stabbed but also showing Ram her boyfriend get covered in her blood before he then losses is his own leg in a fight with Corakinus these are things that Doctor Who would never be allowed to show as that show is kids show whereas the main target audience for this show is teen to adults and with that does come the freedom to get away with alot more things and heck even Quill , Charlie and later The Doctor talk about committing genocide on the Shadow Kin with Quill being all or it and Charlie and The Doctor being dead set against it where as in Doctor Who while they would have characters talk about committing genocide just look at The Doctor's speech in Genesis Of The Daleks as proof of that they were always few and far between with those kinds of discussions never lasting all that long and being forgotten about by the very next scene where as in this episode it is something that does come back into play alot of the time with it always being brought up by Quill which is something that dies make sense as those were her people that were killed of as well with her always feeling angry for what happened and of course when the chance for revenge does come in this episode she would of course be the one that's all for taking it. It could even be argued that Corakinus's plan is also pretty mature as well as while we don't really get to find why he wants this Cabinet Of Souls one can assume that it's because he doesn't want the rest of Charlie's and Quill's race to come back which is something that does make him a good villain with the thing that makes him a terrifying one being the fact that not only does he kill a character in cold blood but that both he and April now share a heart thus meaning that neither can be killed with out killing the other.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty minuets and twenty three seconds. Which for this show is pretty much there bogstandard running time and to be fair to this episode it really does need that amount of running time in order to set up both the plot of the show itself , the episodes plot and all of the shows main characters as well with the episode having more then enough plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first place but does let this episode down is the fact that this episode really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as this episodes plot isn't as well developed as it really could have been with this being due to the fact that the episode does have so much to set up and it can't do that and still tell a good story when what the makers of this episode should have done is set up the main plot of the show in the next episode as that would free up room for the episode to further develop it's plot as it's no good in setting up the plot for the show when the plot of episode one isn't that well developed in the first place with this also kind of effecting the episodes character development but here it's also due to the fact that the episode does understandably have alot of references to Doctor Who which is something that does make sense for a first episode of a Doctor Who spin off but at the same time it does get in the way of us finding out things that develop the characters and make them more memorable then what they already are in the first place as the characters right now are decent but they do feel undercooked with us not really finding out all that much about them in this episode but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this a action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. While this episode doesn't have as much action as the typical Peter Capaldi episode of Doctor Who has what little action that this episode does has works really well with it being made clear as day that the makers of this episode are having a blast with coming up with creative ways for Corakinus to stalk and take out his prey with the episode feeling more like a high budget horror show then an action show alot of the time but yet when the episode does have some action then it is something that works really well in context of the episode with the best action scene in the whole entire episode being when Corakinus attacks the school during the episodes third act as that's when we get to see just how violent that he is with him killing of a character and brutally injuring Ram and yet even so the whole gang plus The Doctor do find a way to defeat as when April threatens to stab herself with a chair Tanya and The Doctor turn up all the lights in the school's gym and force him and his allies back into the void back to there own planet with it being Ram and that forces Corakinus back to his home world by hitting him with a chair with this being something that does show that an action can be made with a school setting and while it would have been nice if we got to see just how bad*s that Quill is instead of just being told it this episodes action does still work really well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while we will have to wait and see if The War Between The Land And The Sea is any good or not what can be said is that this episode does prove that you really can make a more adult modern Doctor Who spin off and still have it be good time for all involved in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in his very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.

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