Hello there Doctor Who fans it's been a while since we've had a full series of Doctor Who and more importantly it's been a while since you've had the honor of reading one of my reviews and now here is my review of series 10 episode 1 "The Pilot".
So then the plot of this episode is The Doctor and Nardole team up with a university student to take down the Daleks. That's pretty much the only plot line i can think of that doesn't give anything away but it is a thrilling story from start to it's emotional finish the only issue that i personally have when it comes to the story is the fact it takes a while to get going but given that they have introduce a new companion it is understandable.
This episode of course has Peter Capaldi and Matt Lucas but it also introduces Pearl Mackie as new companion Bill Potts there is also guest stars Jennifer Hennessy and Stephanie Hyam when it comes to the cast i think that both Peter and Matt were great in this episode they had some wonderful back and forth which i really loved i won't judge Pearl just yet but if you saw the three minuet preview they released then you know what to expect from her in this episode.
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This episode did something none of the new who series has done and that's introduce a gay character in the form of Bill and to be honest i;m glad they did that as it opens up new opportunities to tell different kinds of stories and it shows how far the show has progressed in over fifty years.
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I have to say that this episode was pretty action packed when the story gets going it really gets going and is all the Doctor Who goodness we want i won't spoil what happens but lets just say that there's a name i've had to remove from the cast list because you'd all know who that person is playing but tho this episode had me on the edge of my seat for alot of the episode so much so that i could have fell off if i moved another inch.
I really liked the look of the monster in this episode but tho and i'm sure it's not just me but the creature looked a lot like the ones from The Waters Of Mars special so much so that i had to look up to see if they were in fact the same creature but alas i couldn't get any answers but tho what made this monster really standout was there motivation which again i won't spoil but it was something both fresh and different and i liked it.
There's alot of humor in this episode and instead of it just coming from the companion all three of the leads each get a good few funny lines in this episode we all knew from the trailer the kinds of jokes that Bill would be getting and from the christmas special we all knew the types of things that Matt Lucas would say and what Peter would say but what we didn't know was how funny those lines would be.
Of course the episode was scored by Murray Gold and honestly this wasn't his best work i think that because so much was going on within the episode itself it meant that his music wasn't allowed to flourish and be it's awesome self.
Overall this was a great way to not only introduce the new companion but to also open the series but that being said it does have it's fair share of issues that i've already mentioned so for me this episode is an 8.5 out of 10