Doctor Who fans it's always hard to write an episode that introduces a new companion as you run the risk of the companion asking the same questions that the audience would be asking if they were watching the show for the first time. Well I think i've found a great episode that not only introduces a new companion perfectly but is also a rather forgotten about companion and so then join me as I review the episode that introduces us to a brand new companion with the episode in question being called simply just "Smith And Jones" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is when her hospital is transported to the moon The Doctor has to team up with an intern called Martha Jones to save everyone inside before it's far to late. 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 being genuinely really quite entertaining and very well written in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is David Tennant as The Doctor , Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones and Anne Reid as Florence Finnegan , Roy Marsden as Mr Stoker , Adjoa Andoh as Francine Jones , Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Tish Jones , Reggie Yates as Leo Jones , Trevor Laird as Clive Jones , Kimmi Richards as Annalise , Ben Righton as Oliver Morgenstern , Vineeta Rishi as Julia Swales , Paul Kasey as The Judoon Leader and Nicholas Briggs as The Voices Of The Judoon.
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 / resented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes cast members turning in some really good performances which is something that's to be expected when your cast has a comedy great in Anne Reid in it and yes both David and Freema are great in this episode as well.
Doing the CGI for this episode is of course the legends and the greats that are currently over at The Mill. 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 not that bad altho with that being said this episodes green and blue screening was really bad with it being quite clear when either a blue or green screen was used in this episode.
I have to admit that like i'm guessing alot of you I completely forgot about the character of Martha Jones. Which might be because she was only a main character for this one series but while I was watching this episode I suddenly found myself remembering not alot about her character but more then what I thought that I would which was something that I wasn't expecting to be the case at all but i'm glad that it was as it just goes to show you that she was a more memorable character then what she's given credit for.
What I really loved about this episode is the fact that they straight up address the fact that Freema Agyeman had just appeared in Doctor Who in the series two two part finale. With her character from those episodes being the cousin of Martha Jones this was something that I really liked as it made the world of Doctor Who feel much more bigger as it shows us that these characters have a life outside of when The Doctor shows up however I would have liked it if we saw her reaction to when The Doctor says that he was there when her cousin "disappeared" as that could have made for some great drama in this episode.
What I didn't like about this episode was something that carries over for the rest of this series and that's Martha being in love with The Doctor as that's something that at this point in the shows history had been done tom death. Another thing that I really didn't like was this episodes villain Florence Finnegan as she just wasn't all that scary for me and the fact that she killed a princess for pretty much being girly just made her more comical then it did out right scary which is a shame because how she kills people is pretty scary.
Now then I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episodes grand total running time even was but I do know for a fact that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly forty four minuets. Which is pretty much the bog standard running time for this version of the show to have and to this episodes credit it does make the most of it's running but at the same time tho I would have liked if it was longer just so we could get to see The Doctor and Martha's friendship develop a bit more naturally then it does in the finished episode but to this episodes credit this episode does have some great pacing to it.
So now then since there was some action in this episode that means 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 not that bad. Altho I got the impression that the team was really holding back given what happens in this seasons epic three part finale which is understandable but at the same time it makes the action in this episode feel cheap ad lackluster as all heck in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this wasn't a bad series premier nor was it a bad episode to introduce a new companion but when you compare to rest of this series this episode just comes across as being rather lackluster and rather lucking as well 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 episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode really does earn itself a really grand old score of exactly a 7 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 boys 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 , the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.