Doctor Who: The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe Review

 

There are just some things that go together beautifully with Doctor Who and Christmas being one of them. As for a long time it was a tradition that there would be a rarely Doctor Who Christmas episode with that tradition coming back in a just a few short days time and well I thought that as alot of these christmas specials aren't really talked about and so then join me as I review the episode that really does have a mouthful of a title with the episode in question being called simply just "The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe" enjoy.

The plot of the episode is The Doctor serves as caretaker for the Arwell family where he tries to give them the best Christmas ever all the while the mother holds a secret that threatens to tear her family apart. 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 fun with this episodes plot being the kind of plot that you'd both expect and want in a Christmas special as it really is a solid plot that's a really perfect plot for Christmas TV with this episodes plot also really being really rather entertaining and 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 Claire Skinner as Madge Arwell , Maurice Cole as Cyril Arwell , Holly Earl as Lily Arwell , Alexander Armstrong as Reg Arwell , Sam Stockman as The Co-pilot , Bill Bailey as Droxil , Paul Bazely as Ven-Garr , Arabella Weir as Billis , Spencer Wilding as The Wooden King and Paul Kasey as The Wooden Queen.

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 alot better then what I really had any right be. As you really wouldn't expect an episode that has a really out there plot like this one to have some really good acting in it and yet that's exactly what we get with all of the actors that you expect a rather solid performance from really delivering in this episode with the same thing also being true for the episodes kid characters who are are really well acted with the cast for this episode really being helped by the episodes which gives the cast alot to work with interms of what there respective characters personalities are and as such all the cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally.

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 honest 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. With this episode having some pretty good CGI in it especially given the fact that the budget for this show especially around this point in time wasn't that high to begin which means that they really couldn't afford to do some really great CGI anyways and yet for this episode that managed to have alot more good looking CGI effects in it whilst at the same time still having some pretty dodgy looking CGI effects that really haven't aged all that well.

While this episode is largely a lighthearted affair it does also deal with a pretty heavy subject matter that being the death of a loved one. With the Madge character struggling when to tell her kids that there father was killed in the war this is something that I both hated and loved about the episode I loved it because it showed the harsh realities of going to war but at the same time I hated it because it's not the something that you want to see in a Christmas episode and plus the episode doesn't go as far as they could have done with that idea with his death only being brought up a few times and we don't even see how his death affected Madge's personality as we see her being this rather cheerful character at the start of the episode and she remains as such all throughout the episode when it would have been more impactful if we saw how the death of her husband deeply affected her and seeing her struggle to tell her kids the news would have made it alot more emotional.

For some rather odd reason both Amy and Rory basically have glorified cameos with them only appearing in the episodes end scene. Which means that for the vast majority of the episode The Doctor is without a companion which just doesn't work as we know from previous episodes that The Doctor really does need a companion to stop him from doing truly evil things and yet here he is without a companion and yet he's acting just as he normally would do which doesn't really make sense with what we know he would be like but this is a Christmas special and showing The Doctor as doing evil things just wouldn't sit well on Christmas and showing him meet up with Amy and Rory does lead to very nice and emotional moment at the end of the episode.

As with the previous Christmas special this one is alot more lighter in tone then the rest of the series however given that this episode deals with death it is still slightly dark. Altho while the episodes more darker elements do work really well they clash with the episodes more lighter tone with them going from making jokes one second and then talking about death in the very same scene with there being nothing really to bridge the two which does create tonal whiplash which is a shame because both of these elements can work well together if they were fairly balanced with the episode showing us alot more of the lighter tone then it is the darker when in reality it should have been more fifty fifty and not favor one over the other this would then make the transition between the two feel alot more natural even more so if you added in a line of dialog that helped to ease us the audience in between the two tones that this episode is quite clearly really going for in this episode.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episodes running time even was I do know that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly fifty eight minuets. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for a Doctor Who christmas special and to this episodes credit it does make the most of it's running but the episode really doesn't have alot there interms of plot to really cover that large amount of running time which means that we do get scenes that add nothing to the plot and are there not only for some mostly bad comedy but they also add nothing to the plot of the episode with them feeling alot more like filler scenes as they are scenes that could have been removed from the final cut of the episode and nothing of value would have been lost from the actual plot of the episode but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual actin that's actually featured / presented to us in his very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual actin that's actually feature / presented to us in this very epiosde was in all honesty not that bad. As while we don't get any fight scenes in this episode what we do get is a very exciting and action packed third act which was really well done as we got to see alot of really emotional moments just come together beautifully which was something that worked really well in this episode altho it would have worked better if the episode had a much more stronger story but with that aside the third act is the most exciting part of the episode and it was thrilling seeing how everything comes together beautifully in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while this episode wasn't as strong as the previous Christmas Special it was still a rather fun filled episode that was a rather solid Christmas Doctor Who adventure 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 ad as such that means that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 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 ad 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 , Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episode that I used in this very review being Google Images simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are on Google Images  are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Sakura Quest "Off To Magical Manoyama" Review

 

When people usually think of anime nine times out of ten they'll usually think of any Studio Ghibli movie. However what they'll very rarely think of is a TV anime and well it's TV anime that I want to take a look at today as to mainstream people there really isn't TV anime and well I think that i've found one that some mainstream people might like as it is a cute anime and so then join me as I review the episode that gives a normal girl a not so normal job with the episode is question being called simply "Off To Magical Manoyama" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is down on her luck Yoshino Koharu accepts a job in the country that she thinks will only last for one day and yet when it finds out that it's a job that lasts for a whole year she has to decide if she really wants to stay or not. 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 it being a rather simple which in the episodes fairness is all it really needs as a show like this one doesn't really need a deep and dark complicated plot it just needs something nice and simple and that's what this episodes plot was it was nice and simple as well as being both entertaining and engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Alexis Tipton as Yoshino Koharu , Tia Ballard as Shiori Shinomiya and Mark Stoddard as Ushimatsu Kadota. Also starring in this episode is Aaron Roberts as Mino , Dallas Reid as Yamada , Leah Clark as Maki Midorikawa , Robert McCollum as Takamizawa , Rachel Robinson as Chitose Oribe , this shows voice director Caitlin Glass as Yae Koharu , David Matranga as Hashimoto , Kenny Green as Gen , Sonny Strait as Tora , Linda Leonard as Kinu Kadota and Jerry Jewell as Mr. Sandal.

Now the 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 isn't really all that surprising as alot of if not all of this episodes voice cast are a bunch of really good voice actors with alot of them being big names in the anime dubbing industry and as such it does make sense that they would turn in a good performance as not only are they a bunch of really talented voice actors but there also directed really well and the episodes script is just so good that all this cast really have to is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally.

Doing the animation for this episode is of course the legends and the greats that are currently over at P.A. Works. Now then interms if what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in ll 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 this episodes animation being close to being movie quality yes the animation in alot of TV anime shows will never be fully movie quality with the same thing also being true for alot of animated shows as TV shows have to spread out there animation budget across several episodes but with this episode it came across as if they gave alot of there animation budget to this episode as it was really that good.

This episode does a fairly decent job of representing what country live is like in alot of countries with everybody in this small town knowing each other. As well as knowing everything that's going on in the town which is true for a lot of small towns that are out in the country as you'd only have a very small amount of people living there and everybody would know everybody else and they would all know what's going on in town and while the episode didn't get some things down about country live like people who are only well known in that small town what they did nail about country living and what it's like to live in the country was something that they really got down perfectly on top of all of that they went out of the way to make the town itself feel like a character which was something that they really didn't have to do and yet they went ahead and they did it anyway.

Instead of this show being a manga first and an anime series second this show was an anime show first that then got a manga adaptation. It's hard to say if the manga just straight up copied the plot of the show and added nothing new to it but given that the manga lasted for five volumes it's most likely that the manga rather added to the anime's plot instead of taking away from it which is really what a manga adaptation should do as if people want to see the original plot then all they'd do is watch the original anime and yet by giving them something new for the manga then your giving them a reason to continue to pick up the manga with this having the added advantage of possibly bringing in new people to watch the anime something wouldn't have been possible if the manga was just straight up coping the plot of the anime.

The characters apart from both Yoshino and Shiori do seem to be pretty one note and rather underdeveloped. This is of course perfectly natural given that this is the first episode but on the flip side of that is the fact that you always want to start of your show with your best foot forward and part of that does include starting to develop your characters and making more then Yoshino and Shiori interesting and funny characters and that's just not something that this episode does as alot of the of the rest of the characters in this episode just seem to be pretty one note and rather boring which really shouldn't be the case at all as they do have the potential to be some really fun and funny characters and when you start your characters of on rocky foundations it doesn't matter how thy end up because the foundations will always be rocky.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty three minuets and six seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for any TV anime show to have and to this episodes credit it does take full advantage of that amount of running time as this episode really does have more then enough plot there to cover that amount of running time but at the exact same time tho this episode could have benefited from being a at the very least forty five minuets which yes does run the risk of stretching it's thin plot even thinner but at the same time it would give more of the side characters a chance to not shine but to also become fully developed characters as well which would also help the show out in the long run as well but I will admit that this episode does have some really good pacing to tit tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / resented 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 not that bad. With this episode having some really cute jokes in it all of which not only landed but they also felt very in character for these characters which only made the jokes seem even funnier and while this show most likely really isn't the best comedy anime out there it is one that does seem really like a comfort comedy with it's cute jokes being jokes that alot of people can really relate to which is something that will make the jokes in not only this episode but really in the show as a whole seem rather timeless in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this episode was cute and simple in all of the best ways possible both of which are things that work really well to this shows advantage and while the characters don't seem to be that deep for this kind of show that's not that bad of a thing to be in this episode 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 mean that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 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 f the images that  personally used in this very review from the official P.A. Works fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being Google Images simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are on Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol Review

 

There are so many adaptations of A Christmas Carol out there ranging from ones starring The Muppets to more serious adaptations. Yet there's always one version of this classic story that people really do tend to forget about for one reason or another with that one very episode also being the very one that i'm about to talk about today and so then join me as I review the episode that sees a great actor make his one and only Doctor Who appearance with the episode in question being called simply just "A Christmas Carol" enjoy.

The plot of the episode is The Doctor has just one hour to convince a greedy and really reluctant old man to help him save the lives of over four thousand people who about to crash their spaceship on Christmas Day. 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 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 the kid of plot that you'd expect a Doctor Who Christmas episode to have in that it's a bit of fun and really isn't meant to be taken all that seriously with the plot itself being a rather really entertaining and as well as being rather engaging plot 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 Sir Michael Gambon as Kazran and Elliot Sardick , Katherine Jenkins as Abigail , Laurence Belcher as Young Kazran , Danny Horn as Adult Kazran , Leo Bill as The Pilot , Pooky Quesnel as The Captain , Micah Balfour –as The Co-Pilot , Steve North as Old Benjamin , Bailey Pepper as Boy and Benjamin , Tim Plester as The Servant , Laura Rogers as Isabella and Meg Wynn-Owen as Old Isabella.

Now then interms of what 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 alot of this episodes cast  turning in some really good performances in this episode was the same thing also being true for singer Katherine Jenkins who despite being a relative newcomer to the acting world manages to hold her own when acting with the likes of Sir Micheal Gambon and Matt Smith something which couldn't have been an easy task with the acting really being helped by this episodes script which whilst it's not the best Doctor Who Christmas script out there it's alot better then what it really should or perhaps even  could have been.

Doing the CGI for this episode is of course 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. However that's also the issue as alot of this episodes CGI is really dated in all of the wrong ways as while this episodes would have been really impressive back in 2010 compared to today's standards the CGI in this episode does look rather cartoonish with the worst of those coming from the cloud effects which do look like a cartoon and not something you'd expect to see in a live action TV show.

As with all adaptations of the A Christmas Carol storyline at it the core of this story is the romance between Kazran and Abigail. With the two going from friends to dating each other however it's the romance part of the episode that just doesn't work as it's something that's incredibly rushed despite it being rather well thought out and heck out of all of their scenes together there are only two technically three scenes where both Abigail and Kazran are alone with each other without The Doctor and that's not really strong enough to get across that these two are really falling for each other this wouldn't be a big deal if their romance wasn't a key plot point and yet there romance is a key plot point and as such the two really should have had more scenes alone together so that there relationship could be more fully developed and be alot more believable then what it is in the final cut episode.

What was rather interesting is that alot of the characters in this episode do have counterparts in A Christmas Carol. With The Doctor taking on the mentle of The Ghost Of Christmas Past and The Ghost Of Christmas Yet To Come, Amy taking on The Ghost Of Christmas Present , Kazran is Scrooge , Abigail is a mixture of Belle and Tiny Tim and the main family in this episode is The Cratchet family heck the only one who doesn't get a book counterpart is Rory who it could be argued does share the role of the Ghost Of Christmas Present with Amy but that would be stretching as Amy spends alot more time in that role then Rory does but either way seeing these character fill out these rather iconic roles in a new a fresh way was rather interesting with Kazran's father Elliot basically play the Jacob Marley only he doesn't come to warn his son that he's going to be visited by three ghosts.

As is to expected by pretty much all of the Steven Moffat Christmas Specials this one is alot more lighter in tone. Which does make alot of sense as they could use this episode to get whole families to sit down and watch this episode with their kids and not have to worry about there kids seeing something that might either be to mature or to scary and plus with this episode being a Christmas Special you do generally want to watch something that's just a little bit more lighter in tone and while this episode does hint at Amy being pregnant in this episode which might cause a continuity problem with an episode later on in the series it is still a rather lighter and a more fun episode fun filled episode to watch and for Christmas Day viewing that's kind of what you want anyways as you really don't want to watch something that's rather really dark in tone on Christmas Day.

Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episode grand total running time even was I do know for a fact that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly one hour and one minuet. Which was a rather solid running time for this episode for this episode to have but at the same time tho this episode doesn't really take fully advantage of it's longer as it's new characters aren't fully developed and so they don't really come across as being that memorable with the same thing also being true for the romance between Kazran and Abigail both of which are things that could have been given alot more time and attention as the episode has alot more time in order to fully time in order to fully tell it's story but I will admit that this episode really does gave some fairly solid pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action show 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 n all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual actin that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With this episode not really having alot of action in it as it is a more lighthearted episode but what little action we do get was rather fun and as to be expected from a Stephan Moffat script was also rather flashy and full to the brim with cheesy and fun moments and while the action in  this episode wasn't as good as the action in other Doctor Who episode it was still some really good action that was rather exciting when it needed to be and just downright fun to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall if your not a fan of Stephan Moffat's scripts then this one won't win you over but as a Doctor Who Christmas Special Episode that's just meant to be a piece if light entertainment this was a rather solid episode 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 earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 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 in this very review from the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page , Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episode that I used in this very review being Google Images simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are on Google Images  are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Batman: Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin Review

 

Batman as a character has been around for decades and will most likely be around for decades but there's no denying the fact that the character was at his most popular in the nineteen sixties. This is of course due the classic Batman TV show and well I thought that since i've reviewed really quite alot of Batman media apart from episodes of the classic Batman TV show that now was really the right time to dive right on in and check out an episode of the show and so then join me as I review that introduces Batgirl into the fold with the show in question being called simply just "Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when the commissioners daughter is kidnapped by The Penguin it's to the dynamic duo to find her 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 rather simply which is also true for the rest of the episodes of this show as well however those episode had one advantage that this episode and indeed the rest of this season don't have and that's extra time which allowed for their stories to move at a more natural pace where as here everything plot wise moves along so fast that it's hard to really get into the plot of the episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Adam West as Bruce Wayne / Batman and Burt Ward as Dick Grayson / Robin. Also starring in this episode is Yvonne Craig as Barbera Gordon / Batgirl , Alan Napier as Alfred , Neil Hamilton as Commissioner Gordon , Stafford Repp as Chief O'Hara , Burgess Meredith as Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin , Jon Waltier as Henchman 1 , Jonathan Troy as Reverend Hazlitt , Elizabeth Harrower as Drusilla , Frank Gorshin as The Riddler and this shows producer William Dozier 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 episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us un this very episode was in al honesty not that bad. Which is pretty much par the course for this show as the acting in this show and it's movies isn't that good but it's not that bad either which is understandable given the scripts for this show usually aren't that good however the script for this episode seems to be worse then the scripts for the shows first two season as the script has to juggle three main characters and still somehow give Batgirl some personality and it can't do that and as a result of this the episodes cast just can't turn in that good of a performance as the episodes script just won't allow for it.

As alot of you will know this is the episode that introduces us to Barbera Gordon / Batgirl with the character here being a librarian. However what alot of you might not know is the fact that the character has actually appeared in the show as before this third season of the show was confirmed the producers shot a seven minute pilot film to either convince the the network to pick the show up for a third season to convince the network to make a Batman spin off show with the pilot introducing a slightly different version of the character and with the pilot film being a success the producers decided to make the dynamic duo a trio with this version of the character keeping some things from the pilot film like the fact she is a librarian but loosing somethings like the fact that her hidden closet is now in her apartment and not at her place of work and she even has a different motorbike as well. 

Another change that started with this third and final season was the fact that the show went from airing two episodes a week to airing just one episode a week. Which is something that just doesn't work in this episode as this is a story that really needed room to breathe and would have been alot better if it was two episodes long instead of just one with the same thing also being true for alot of the episodes this season as result of this reduced episode count it means that the stories in each episode can't be as good as they could have been as they now have three main hero characters all really fighting for screen time when the opposite would really be true if the show was still airing two episodes however in order to bridge the gap between each episode a teaser was added to the end of each episode that would tease the villain for the next weeks episode.

Alot of the villains plots for their schemes in this show are usually pretty over the top and really out there. With the same thing also being true for The Penguins plot in this episode as he wants to marry Barbera so then the Commissioner won't arrest him as he's apart of his family this is a rather out there scheme even for this show as there's nothing to really stop the Commissioner from stopping the wedding and from still arresting him even if he did succeed in his scheme but on the flip of that is the fact that his scheme is something that's not also fitting for this version of the character but is also oddly fitting for this show as both this version of the character and the show is known for being rather over the top and as such this villain scheme does fit in perfectly with the show and the world that this show takes place in. 

Thus show always put alot more focus on it's comedy with the comedy in this show not really being that bad. However the issue is tho is that alt of the jokes that the show got right have now grown old and stale as there's only so many times you can see that everything in the Batcave is called the bat something before it starts to get old and as such the episode should have tried to do something new with the comedy which they really could have done with the introduction of Batgirl and yet for some strange reason they didn't instead all they did was keep to the same jokes that worked back in the first two seasons of the show only now instead of being fresh and funny there now just stale and rather really unfunny which they really shouldn't have been as when those jokes are right they can be really funny jokes.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty five minuets and fifteen seconds., Which isn't really enough time to tell this story and to also set up a new character and a new character dynamic none of this is the fault of the writer or the producers tho as instead it's the fault of the network who ordered these changes and as such the cast and crew had to do the best that they could have done with them and frankly they did the best that they could have dine given the changes that had to be made and as result of this much shorter episode count the episodes plot isn't allowed to breathe as now every single scene has to be about advancing the plot of the episode which wouldn't be a problem if the episode had an extra episode to really tell it's story with this not really being helped by thee fact that the episode has some really bad pacing to it with the episode being far two fast then what it really should have been.

So now then as this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual actin that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in al honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual actin that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. Which is really nothing new for this show as this show has always had some really over and the top and fun and crazy action scenes which is helped by the fact that all three of the main heroes of this episode really do alot of there own stunt work which means that when you see Adam West throwing a punch that's that's really him doing it and it's that kind of believability that really makes the over the top action in this show and this episode really feel alot more real and believable in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this episode was a rather fun episode and it was fun to take a look back at the classic era of Batman and while this episode quite clearly isn't the show at it's best it was still a rather fun fulled episode 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 thing that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns 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 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 and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are on Google Images  are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion Review

 

There are alot of things that you expect to see in Doctor Who thanks to the recent modern version of the show. With one of those things being a Christmas special airing on Christmas Day itself and well with the next special seeing a a return to that tradition I thought that it was only right that I take a look back at the episode that started it all and so then join me as I review the episode that is the very first ever Doctor Who Christmas Special with the episode in question being called simply just "The Christmas Invasion" enjoy.

The plot of the episode is when an alien invasion begins on Earth it's up to a freshly regenerated and bare conscious Doctor to save the day. Now the  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 im 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 really good example of just how good a Christmas Special episode of Doctor Who can be when it's at it's best with the plot of this episode also doing a very good job of making the villains seem really threatening as well as being both really entertaining at times ad also being rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is David Tennant as The Doctor , Billie Piper as Rose Tyler and Camille Coduri as Jackie Tyler. Also starring in this episode this Noel Clarke as Mickey Smith , Penelope Wilton as Harriet Jones , Adam Garcia as Alex Klein , Daniel Evans as Danny Llewellyn , Sean Gilder as The Sycorax Leader , Anita Briem as Sally Jacobs , Chu Omambala as Major Blake , Sian McDowell as Sandra , Paul Anderson as Jason , Cathy Murphy as Mum , Marvyn Williams as Alan 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 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 the actors that you expect good performances from really delivering in this episode with both David and Billie giving us some truly wonderful performances in this episode which do go along way to show you why these two actors are a pair of really good actors with the same thing also being true for the rest of this episodes cast as well with the acting in this episodes being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all the cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally.

Doing the CGI for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at The Mill and Any Effects. 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 but that's also the issue as this episodes CGI hasn't really aged all that well for the most this is of course no fault of those involved with the making of the episode as they couldn't have known just for far CGI would come in the years after the making of this episode but at the same time it is something that dates this episodes quite badly and while the bad looking CGI in this episode isn't as bad as some of the CGI from the first series what we get in this episode is still some pretty bad looking CGI.

For those of you that don't know this episode wasn't the first episode of the show to air on Christmas Day as that honor goes to an episode of The Daleks Master Plan which was broadcast on Christmas Day but is not a Christmas special. Which means that this episode is the first episode of Doctor Who to be a full blown Christmas Special episode which makes me wonder why the team didn't put together a Christmas Special sooner as even back in the classic Doctor Who era the show was known to do two part serials and as such they very easily could have done a two part Doctor Who serial to be broadcast over two days and yet for some strange reason they never got around to doing it and it took them until after the first series of the revived Doctor Who became a huge massive hit to fully get around to doing a Christmas Day Doctor Who Special episode.

This was also the first episode to feature who is arguably the most well known modern actor to play The Doctor David Tennant. With it being very easy to see why his Doctor became so popular as even in this episode his take on the character is pretty much nailed down right away as alot of what his Doctor would become well known for all started in this episode from the over the top emotional moments to the somewhat more goofy elements of his character they are all things that started in this episode and they are all things that are done wonderfully as this version of the character is still mournful old man who has just witnessed the death if his people and yet at the same given that he's post regeneration he's full of wonder and giddy to see the universe anew all over again and while over time he would become more mournful and regretful of loosing his people when he does do something more fun and goofy it also seems in his character to act in such a way.

There us one major downside to this episode and that's the fact that despite saving not only her world but countless others Rose still somehow doesn't know how to act when trying to save the world. Which just doesn't make sense even if you take into account the fact she's recovering from shock from seeing The Doctor regenerate for the first time she's also been in situations where she's had to save the world granted that was with the help with The Doctor alot of the time but even so she'd have picked up at least a few hints on what to do even if she doesn't fully understand it which means that seeing her act all helpless when in reality she is the one with the most knowledge in this situation just really doesn't make sense as both she and The Doctor have handled situations like this before now with her writing in this episode not really being helped by the fact that the same thing is also true for the Prime Minister who you could argue is also stressed out about trying to defend an entire country and trying to make sure the aliens don't invade earth.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time if exactly fifty eight minuets and fifty five seconds. With this episode having a really solid running time for this episode but at the same time the episode only has enough plot to cover only roughly around forty five minuets with the rest of the time being spent on filler scenes with Jackie which whilst alot of these scenes are indeed really funny scenes there also scenes that don't add anything to the plot of the episode with those scenes taking up air time that could have been used on developing the episodes villains by giving them an actual motive and making them feel alot more like an actual threat instead of feeling alot more like an after thought like they ultimately but I will admit that this episode really does have some rather really solid pacing to it tho. 

So now then as this is an action show 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. With this episode having some really impressive looking action scenes in it but the action in this episode could have been a bit more better and it would have been a bit more engaging if they made the villains feel alot more like an actual threat and yet because they don't do that it's not really that surprising that they get beat after an admittedly rather impressive sword fight with the episodes action also being alot more better then it really had any right to be in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this was a rather solid Christmas Special and it was a great way to introduce a rather popular actor as a rather popular character with this episode for the most part holding up rather 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 n this very episode in this very review and as such tat means that this very episode earns 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 Im personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review Amazon . Co . UK , the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episode that I used in this very review being Google Images simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are on Google Images  are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Doctor Who: The Giggle SPOILER FILLED Review

 

Regeneration episodes are always difficult to get right as you have to wrap up characters arcs and storylines that defined that doctor. Well not long after his run started we now have another regeneration story out in the world with this story also seeing the end of the Doctor Who sixtieth anniversary specials and well you all just knew that I had to take a look at this episode and so then join me as I give you SPOILER FILLED review of the episode that really sees the debut of a new Doctor and the reintroduction of a classic Doctor Who villain with the episode in question being called simply just "The Giggle" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when The Doctor and Donna discover that the human race is believing that they each and everyone of them is right they have to find out who is behind this scheme and stop them once and for all. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about thew actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty iI 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 but that's also the issue as the plot for this episode wasn't all that good either with this episodes plot just feeling like a paint by numbers Doctor Who script only without all of the charm that we know for a fact that this episodes writer Russel T. Davies can deliver but I will admit that this episodes plot was also rather entertaining and and rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is David Tennant as The Doctor , and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble and Neil Patrick Harris as The Toymaker. Also starring in this episode is Jemma Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart , Ruth Madeley as Shirley Bingham , Charlie De Melo as Charles Banerjee  , John MacKay as John Logie Baird , Alexander Devrient as Colonel Ibrahim , Tim Hudson as Edward Lawn Bridges , Aidan Cook as The Vlinx , Nicholas Briggs as The Voice Of The Vlinx , Lachele Carl as Trinity Wells , Leigh Lothian as The Voice Of Stooky Sue and Ncuti Gatwa 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 not that bad. As the cast kin this episodes are a bunch if really good actors and do now how to turn in a good performance yet because of the fact that this episodes script just isn't that good this episodes cast just can't can't turn that good of a performance as the script just won't allow them to do so which is a shame as when this cast really does turn in a good performance and yet for some reason be it due to the episodes script or the episodes director just not knowing how to direct her cast really very well they really just don't turn in that good of a performance in this episode.

Doing the CGI for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Automatik VFX and Real SFX. Now then interms if 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 which is really nothing new as al three of these specials have always had some really good CGI in them thanks in part to the budget being increased by Disney and heck this episodes CGI is so near to being movie quality as it's that good and if this is the level of CGI that we're getting in the show moving forward then hopefully it will mean that the show moving forward will also have some really good CGI in it as well with this episode having alot more good CGI in it then does have bad looking CGI in it.

SPOILERS START HERE!!!!!!!!!!

This is of course the episode that sees Ncuti Gatwa make his debut in the show which is something that we all knew. However he actually appears in the episode for alot longer then what anybody could have expected with him appearing in at least the last fifteen minuets of the episode and just based of this episode it does look like that this new doctor will be a bit like Matt Smith's version of The Doctor as from what we can see in this episode he's a very excited type of character and yet at the same time he's also very alien and childlike which was very much like how Matt Smith's version of The Doctor was as well and if that is the case then it doesn't give this new version of The Doctor much of an identity as all it would be doing is reminding us of a much more better version of the character but it is something that could work tho.

This episode not also gives us the return of The Toymaker but it also gives us the return of Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush. With The Toymaker being a creepier version of Geppetto from Pinocchio in that he does like to play games with people and he does use puppets alot of the time and while the character does get some genuinely funny moments he doesn't get alot of chances to really be creepy but he does get to have alot of screen time with The Doctor then Mel does with her role basically being an extended cameo as she now works at UNIT and yet she barely talks to The Doctor and barely catches up with him yes they do have one scene where they catch up but they could have done so much more then that but that's just like these specials to give us rather under-cooked moments and characters with the same thing also true for Rose who does appear in this special but she's given nothing to do and really isn't given much of a personality either.

We do get something new added to the lore in this episode and that's Bi-generation this is something that is going to male people angry. However back in 1966 the idea of regeneration was a new idea and yet now we love it and here if they explore the idea of there being myths regarding regeneration further down the line then it really could be an interesting addition to the lore of the show as the very idea of there being myths and legends surrounding what is and isn't possible possible regeneration is indeed a very interesting idea but it's an idea that needs to be developed a bit more before it becomes a fully thought idea and plus the idea of the previous Doctor having to help his or her future self emerge from regeneration is something that can lead to some rather unique looking visuals and while the idea of Bi-generation is a good idea it's pointless to add something to the idea of regeneration as the very regeneration is a perfect idea as it is.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and one minuet and three seconds. Which is a bit on the long side for this episode to have as when you really get right down to it this episode really doesn't have alot there interms of plot to over that large amount of running time which means that we do get some really pointless scenes that add nothing to the overall plot of the episode with the best example of that being the Spice Up Your Life scene and the scene where The Doctor and Donna each confront some of The Toymakers puppets as both scenes add nothing to the overall plot of the episode with both scenes really feeling alot more like fuller and could have very easily have been cut out from the entire episode and nothing that's actually important to the plot of the episode would have been lost but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action show 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 I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that;'s actually featured / presented to us un this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With this episode having some really good action with the best action scene in the whole entire episode being the one between the two doctor and The Toymaker not due to how exciting it is but rather instead it's due to how tense and engaging that it is with that action scene being really gripping as it really does leave you wondering just how The Doctor will win the day this time and just how The Toymaker will loose which does make it a really good action scene in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

SPOILERS END HERE!!!!!!!!!!

Overall while this episode is perhaps the most OK of all three specials it is still a rather solid and one that does a good job of setting up things for future episodes of the show 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 earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from with all three specials as a whole getting a combined score of exactly an 8.5 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 the 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 Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episode that I used in this very review being Google Images simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are on Google Images  are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.