Doctor Who: Rose Review

 

Doctor Who fans it's been quite a while since I last did a review of an episode from modern Doctor Who. Since I mostly like to cover the classic episodes of the show and well then I thought that now was the absolutely right time to cover an episode that we all owe alot to since it's the episode that saw this show return to our TV screens and so then join me as I review the episode that saw a British icon return to our TV screens with the episode in question being called simply just "Rose" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Rose Tyler is just an average teenager who finds herself caught up in the middle of an alien invasion and with the help of mysterious alien has to find a way to stop the alien invasion from happening. 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 doing a very good job of setting up the characters and telling a genuinely good story in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Christopher Eccleston as The Doctor , Billie Piper as Rose Tyler and Camille Coduri as Jackie Tyler. Also starring in this episode is actor , writer and director Noel Clarke as Mickey Smith , Mark Benton as Clive , Elli Garnett as Caroline , Adam McCoy as Clive's Son , Paul Kasey as an Auton , David Sant as an Auton , Elizabeth Fost as an Auton , Helen Otway as an Auton , Alan Ruscoe as an Auton , Holly Lumsden as an Auton , Saul Murphy  as an Auton , Jo Osmond as a Child Auton , Lisa Osmond as a Child Auto , Elen Thomas as a Auton and the great Nicholas Briggs as the voice of The Nestene Consciousness.

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 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 not that bad. Which for a first episode isn't a bad thing since it does show that these actors have alot of room to grow and to improve which of course they do over the course of this first series in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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 for the time that it was made but looking back on it now it's pretty bad with with the Wheelie Bin scene being a prime example of just how bad this episodes CGI effects are nowadays in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

This episode does of course feature the debut of every single main and minor character for this first series an well then I have to admit that I really did like Rose Tyler in this episode. Since she was just like an average teenage girl who is just trying to get by day to day life and that made her character in this episode seem very real to me and it's something that I want to see brought back in the next series of Doctor Who as it's a sure fire way to get alot of new fans into this truly iconic TV series in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

I have to admit that I really did like that this episode had it's fair share of humorous moments which made what could have been seen as a very dark episode seem alot more dark. Which for the first episode of a new series espically one that's not been on the air for literally decades at this point is also a great way to introduce new fans into this show as it gives them permission to laugh at what's going on and it then makes the more dramatic moments all the more important and the more triumphant moments all the more important as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

I have to admit tho that I really didn't like the Ninth Doctors TARDIS Interior since to me it just doesn't suit his character. Since this character is just coming of off being in a very gruesome war and so then his TARDIS interior should be alot more stripped back think steampunk but more war like where as this design is alot cheery and that really shouldn't be the case at this point in time in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episodes running time even was I do know that for a fact that this episode an exact grand total running time of roughly forty four minuets. Which for a debut story of both The Doctor and the companion is a great running time since this episode doesn't really need to spend that much time in reintroducing The Doctor and so then alot of this episodes can be more focused on telling a good story and in setting up the companion in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

So now then since this is an action episode that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode and 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. With this episode having some pretty good action all of which helps to serve the plot of the episode and to add something to the characters which is a very freaking good thing indeed in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Overall this episode was not a bad debut episode for both the new companion ad the new doctor since this episode does do a good job of letting us what both of them bring to the partnership 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 erns itself a 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 Wikipedia , 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 freaking Google Images are all fairly freaking high in freaking quality and as well as being very fairly freaking high in definition.

New Doctor Who: Rose Review

Doctor Who fans if you've been following my reviews of the show for a long time then you'll know that I only review New Doctor Who whenever there's a new episode. Well I thought i'd put a stop to that by taking a look back at an episode from the very first series well it is the first series of the 2005 reboot and well what better place to start then right at the beginning and so here is my review of Rose enjoy.

The plot of the episode is teenager Rose Tyler works at a shop in London and one night before the shop closes she discovers The Autons and now she and a mysterious man known only as The Doctor have to stop them from taking over the world. In terms of plot this episode is pretty light on it since it's the basic introduction to a new companion episode and it also serves as the introduction to a new Doctor but when all is said and done the story is honestly pretty fun to see play out.

As The Doctor we have Christopher Eccleston who unlike all of his previous incarnations hasn't yet shared the screen with any of the previous Doctors. As Rose we have singer Billie Piper and I have to say for someone who at the time hadn't done much acting she is pretty good in this episode Chris kills it as well as The Doctor and to me it's very clear that both he and Billie have great chemistry because I honestly bought them as friends.

This episode also introduced us to Camille Coduri as Jackie Tyler and Noel Clarke as Mickey Smith both of whom don't really get that much screen time in this episode or at least enough for me to form an opinion on them but they are acted really well. In terms of guest starts there's only one and that's Mark Benton as Clive and he's just Mark Benton so if you love him in anything else then your going to love him here.

Now i'm not going to make a comment on the character of Rose just yet because while I did grow up with her as the companion I want to try and rediscover her if that makes sense. That being said i always find it very interesting going back to the first episode of a series that I love because it's always weird knowing where the characters end up and seeing them start on that journey and the same thing is true here because I watched all of these characters for quite a few years and I got to see them grow and so to see them looking so young is just strange to me.

Now i've already said that I grew up watching Billie as Rose but Chris was also my first Doctor infact I vaguely remember seeing adverts for this episode in various magazines. I also remember being super excited to see this episode because to me this was a new show and so when the day of reckoning came I was out my Nana's house with I think my brother and father there might have been a few others there as well and I made all us sit there for forty five minuets just to watch this one episode and I was hooked on the show from this episode so to see I have personal history with this episode would be an understatement.

I actually forgot how action orientated this version of The Doctor is from his first scene he's always involved with some sort of action scene or chase scene. Which is something that I think honestly suits this version of the doctor since he's just coming from being in the Time War so it makes sense that he'd be running everywhere because for years that's what he's had to do just to survive and plus it makes the first episode really exciting.

I actually love how they made The Doctor more mysterious in this episode they kind of build up this whole mystery over who he is and I loved that because it's something that we dont get to see that often. It's also something that would make sense given that this is the 21st century so there would be websites dedicated to this mysterious stranger appearing in and out time and it's something that I wish further series would develop more.

This was also the first series to have the CGI done by The Mill but further research tells me that this wasn't there first Doctor Who adventure as they previously did The Curse Of The Fetal Death. I want it known that I love The Mills work but there effects in this episode haven't really aged well at all in fact they look pretty bad but given that CGI was pretty new to the show and this was mid 2000's CGI it's understandable that it wouldn't hold up that well.

This episode helped make composer Murray Gold famous since he also did the score to the UK version of Shameless which was airing at the same time. It goes without saying that the music in this episode is great it's no wonder that he would go onto to compose the music all the way up until series 10 because every piece of music he does is truly great and is worth listening to , I'll talk about his version of the theme song in a minute because that's something that should be talked about separately.

There is a fair amount of action in this episode and all of it is in my opinion character driven which is the best kind of action for me because then it's the characters that dictate the action and not the story. Also adding to the action is the fact that it also adds to the drama and threat of that episode which is something that I don't really see that often in either films or TV so I was shocked to see it in here and for me the best part of the action is seeing Rose save the doctor just due to the fact we don't see that happen at all.

One of the criticisms that this episode got when it originally aired was for it's use of humour and in some ways I do kind of see why. Since on the one hand the humour does kind of undercut the tension especially in The Doctors intro but at the same time humour is subjective and just because someone doesn't find something funny doesn't mean that you won't find that same something funny but they could have done a better job of putting the humour in a more natural place and not somewhere where it undercuts the tension.

Now we have to talk about the theme song done by Murray Gold because it is an iconic part of the show like how the TARDIS and other iconography. To me honest I find this version of the theme song to be kind of boring there's just nothing in this version of the theme song that really makes it stand out to me which is a shame because like I said theme song is iconic and so it's sad to see a version of it which isn't that good.

Like alot of the reviews I do for this show I actually own this on DVD I have the first series on DVD which was the one where they made the box set as big as the TARDIS itself. It's that big it even took me a few minuets to put it back with the rest of my DVD's because it's so big and where I keep it is so small and I can't put it anywhere else because there's no room in my room for it but this is the struggle that we Doctor Who fans have to got through. 

Overall this is a really good introductory episode and if there are any people out there who want to get into the show i'd recommend starting of with this one since it does ease you into the lore but that said it is very light on plot and character and so it gets a 7.5 out of 10 from me.