Doctor Who’s Eleventh Hour
So eventually the eleventh Doctor Who is here, debuting suitably with his first full Doctor Who episode, ‘The Eleventh Hour’ over the Easter weekend within the UK. The hour-long primary episode of Doctor Who series 5 was created by new series runner Steven Moffat, and if it’s a great example of things to follow with this collection, then followers of the longest running science fiction TV show in history are in for a fantastic ride. Matt Smith is instantly likeable as the eleventh Doctor who, who, despite his youth, carries with him quite a lot of that all-essential genius and gravitas that the Doctor at all times needs.
He is immediately into the character, and commands each scene he’s in. Amy Pond, performed by Karen Gillan, is going to take somewhat more getting used to, and I’m already sick of everyone talking about how engaging she is. With any luck the main focus will shift to her acting and the tales once she is not running round in a kinky policewoman’s get-up. This primary story within the eleventh Doctor Who series is a fairly standard earthbound SF tale, however it’s in how things are brought to a head that the fantastic thing about Moffat’s writing lies.
The way in which the eleventh Doctor Who overcomes the latest risk, and rescues the world in just twenty minutes, is excellent. The episode is beautifully put together, and while the effects are somewhat dodgy here and there, it’s possibly one of the best ‘New Doctor’ episode we’ve enjoyed since the program got here again in 2005.
The direction and editing are good, but the music lets the episode down in a number of parts, most notably the latest rendering of the Doctor Whotheme tune. I do like the brand new title sequence nevertheless. The latest TARDIS is superb, the eleventh Doctor Who is very promising and Amy shows promise. In all, it is an awesome start to what is going to with any luck be a momentous series of this real establishment of genre tv.
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