There are some Doctor Who episodes out there that let you know right from the title that there going to be a bit of silly episode. Take for example Space Babies you know right from the title that that episode is going to be alot more lighthearted and silly and well the same thing is also true for the episode that i'm going to talking about today as right really from the title you know exactly what it is that your going to be expecting from this episode and so then join me as I review the episode that gives you exactly what it says on it's title with the episode in question being called simply just "Dinosaurs On A Spaceship" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is when The Doctor and Queen Nefertiti are summoned aboard a spacecraft The Doctor is told that he and the rest of his friends have just six hours to save everything on the ship before it's blown up for good. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt that 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 as while yes the plot of the episode is tad bit on the ridiculous side of things that's also the point and is also something that could be said for the vast majority of things that are in this episode as well and to this episodes credit the plot is something that's also fun and isn't meant to be taken all that seriously in the first place which does have the add on effect of making it an enjoyable plot as well 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 Matt Smith as The Doctor , Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams. Also starring in this episode is Mark Williams as Brian Williams , Riann Steele as Queen Nefertiti , Sunetra Sarker as Indira , Rupert Graves as Riddell , David Bradley as Solomon , David Mitchell as The Voice Of Robot 1 , Robert Webb as The Voice Of Robot 2 and Richard Hope as Bleytal.
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. Which is something that really isn't all that surprising as alot of this episodes cast are a bunch of really good actors all of whom know how to turn in a good performance and all of whom turn in some really good performances in this episode with the true standout performer in this episode being Mark Williams who is just simply a joy to watch as Brian Williams as it's quite clear that he's having alot of fun playing this character who is basically just an everyman and that's something that he plays really well with the acting in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all this episodes cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does really help to raise the overall quality that's in this episode.
Doing the CGI for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at The Mill 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 not that bad for the most part as the episode does have some really good looking CGI effects for the time that this episode was being made with the dinosaurs themselves looking alot better then what they really had any right to do which s mostly due to the fact that the Doctor Who creative team did have some real puppet dinosaurs there on set which did make it alot easier for the CGI team to match things like the lighting and it also made it alot easier for the actors who could actually look at something practical but at the same time there are a few dodgy looking effects near the end of the episode which do make it clear that alot of the effect from an effects point of view did go towards the dinosaurs which does make sense as we'd really be seeing them alot more then we would the villains spaceship but at the same time those bad looking CGI effects really do bring down the overall quality of the CGI that's in this very episode.
One of the best things about this episode is the character of Brian Williams who is just such a wonderful character. With him basically just being the everyman who only dreams of just doing everyday things and that's it and that is something that really does work as it makes the character extremely lovable as alot of the people watching this episode can relate to this character be it because of the fact that they are him in someway shape or form or because they know someone like him every one can relate to this character which does make him one of the most underrated characters in the shows history and it could even be argued that he was the prototype for the Graham character that we would get many years later as at there core both characters do share alot of similarities and it's not surprising given that both characters were created by the same writer Chris Chibnall and yet with Brian due to how well he's acted there's a certain earnestness about his character that makes him feel alot more human then Graham who despite being a good character in his won right just doesn't hold a candle to Brian as Brian is just that good of a character.
Heck even one of the best moment in the whole episode wasn't the episodes action scenes nor was it seeing the character interactions. It was both seeing Brian and Rory work together and finally come together as father and son something that we see them struggle to do during the vast majority of the episodes running time this is despite them both clearly loving each other which was a sweet little thing to do but the other thing that was a really good moment was the scene where Brian just sits on the edge of the TARDIS looking over the earth eating his lunch because it was human moment as even tho both Amy and Rory get to see that view of the earth all the time he never does and he likely never will again and as a result of that is the fact that he has to take that chance to see the earth from a way that so people every have done before and it's something that quite alot of us would also do if we were given the chance to do so and while Brian is a really good character he is also one of the episodes very few downsides as he really doesn't get all that much to do in the grand scheme of thing with him only being there because the plot needs him to e there for the final act and that's really it and that doesn't justify including another new character in this episode as that's one more character that you have to set up and give a personality to and that's not really something that this episode could do and still tell a really good story.
Another negative in this episode is the episodes main villain Solomon who on paper works as a character. With him being a very serviceable villain but at the same time he's also not that really developed as a character as we dont really get to know him as a character nor do we get to find out why he's evil which has the add on effect of making him evil just for the sake of being evil and not because of the fact that it's in his character to do so and while yes the character does indeed act threatening at several points in the episode with him even having wounding Brian at one point but that's not enough to make him an interesting character for comparisons sake the Daleks aren't good villain because they wound one of The Doctor's companions what makes them interesting and good villain is seeing how conniving and scheming that they can be where as with Solomon all we get to see basically amounts to a kid that's used to getting his way and getting everything that he ever wants finally being told no and he has a tantrum because of it which really doesn't make him that good of a villain as all it does is make him an annoying and forgettable character.
Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember this episode running time even was I do know that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty five minuets and twelve seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this era of the show to have but at the same time tho this episode really doesn't have alot there interms of plot to really cover that large amount running time as while the episode does have alot of plot to cover say thirty minuets it quickly forgets about the dinosaurs when we get to third act and instead the episode becomes about rescuing Queen Nefertiti when the episode could have done that and still had the dinosaurs be the vocal point and still have the upcoming threat of the ship being destroyed instead of dropping one key aspect of the episode in favor of one that was key to the episode and one that was never even a thing until they bring it up during the episodes act which makes alot of what we see with the dinosaurs during the episode come across as being filler scenes when they should have been scenes that set up that these creatures are harmless creatures that are basically prisoners on this ship but I will admit that this episode really does gave some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is an action show that means that I have 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. As we do get a very exciting action scene near the end of the of the episode which does involve The Doctor , Rory and Brian riding a triceratops which was a fun little moment as was the fact that we get to see Amy and Riddell team up to put alot Raptors to sleep while using what is basically a tranquilizer gun which is an inventive idea and it is an action scene that is done really well as Riddell is an animal hunter and so his first instincts would be to shoot the dinosaurs something which he finally gets to do in this action scene and Amy is someone who we know can handle herself thanks to what we saw her go through and series and so would be more then willing him to help out and that action scene is a very short scene what we do get to see in it was a really well done action scene in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall just like Space Babies this was a rather fun filled episode but unlike Space Babies this episode was also wonderfully silly and knew that it was a silly episode and just embraced it with it's placement in the series being episode 2 and not the first episode meant that the episode really didn't feel like a Christmas special and instead felt like an episode of the main show as a whole in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now the4n 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 really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 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 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 the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page and IMP Awards . Com. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page 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 episode and are really of course up and really on the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.