I was stunned to hear this week that Matt Smith had been nominated for a 'Best Actor' B.A.F.T.A. for his appalling 'performance' as the Doctor. It is an insult to the actors who previously played the role, particularly the marvellous Tom Baker. Why Smith? His 'acting' mainly consists of him waving his arms in the air and going "Ha ha!" every two minutes. If 'Dr.Who' were a movie he would get a Razzie for 'Worst Actor' and nothing more.
'Day Of The Moon' is the second episode of the 'story' begun in 'The Impossible Astronaut'. It made no sense whatsoever, and neither did this. Here goes: the Doctor is shot dead in 2011 in Utah by a mysterious figure in a space-suit, and given a Viking funeral. Amy, Rory and River then go back to 1969 where they meet...the Doctor ( an earlier version of number eleven ). President Nixon ( Stuart Milligan ) asks him to investigate reports of strange distress calls from a little girl. She is found lumbering about in a space-suit. Aliens called 'The Silence' ( sounds like a 1990's rock band ) are in evidence. They have been on Earth for years. The Doctor defeats them using footage of the first Apollo Moon landing. The Silence runs away. Amy may or not be up the duff. The little girl we saw in the space-suit is seen to regenerate.
If you understood all that, congratulations. No-one else I have spoken to ( and I know many intelligent people ) got so much as a whiff of understanding of this 'plot'. When I think of Russell Davies' time on the show, I think of wonderful heart-stopping moments, such as the Doctor telling Rose to "Run!" from the Autons, the Dalek opening up like a chrysalis prior to killing itself in 'Dalek', the Cybermen marching in 'Rise Of The Cybermen', the Daleks pouring out of the black sphere in 'Army Of Ghosts', the opening of the Genesis Ark in 'Doomsday', Professor Yana becoming the Master in 'Utopia', and the Doctor finding 'Bad Wolf' everywhere at the end of 'Turn Left'. Though he did not write all of these, Davies' influence was unmistakable. Moffat, on the other hand, has not come up with a single moment of note. He is content to have the Doctor, Amy and co. cavort through a series of clunky, charmless adventures totally devoid of any excitement whatever. Its all every well for fanboys to say "wait and see! The story's not finished yet!". Viewers these days do not have the patience to wait as the plot unfolds over a period of months ( there being a mid-season break in Season 6 ). Will the show survive or will it fall to pieces? I came away from this feeling...nothing. Forty-five minutes of the old B.B.C. potters wheel would probably have provided more excitement. If Moffat cannot get this show right, he needs to go now, before it vanishes into oblivion forever.
'Day Of The Moon' is the second episode of the 'story' begun in 'The Impossible Astronaut'. It made no sense whatsoever, and neither did this. Here goes: the Doctor is shot dead in 2011 in Utah by a mysterious figure in a space-suit, and given a Viking funeral. Amy, Rory and River then go back to 1969 where they meet...the Doctor ( an earlier version of number eleven ). President Nixon ( Stuart Milligan ) asks him to investigate reports of strange distress calls from a little girl. She is found lumbering about in a space-suit. Aliens called 'The Silence' ( sounds like a 1990's rock band ) are in evidence. They have been on Earth for years. The Doctor defeats them using footage of the first Apollo Moon landing. The Silence runs away. Amy may or not be up the duff. The little girl we saw in the space-suit is seen to regenerate.
If you understood all that, congratulations. No-one else I have spoken to ( and I know many intelligent people ) got so much as a whiff of understanding of this 'plot'. When I think of Russell Davies' time on the show, I think of wonderful heart-stopping moments, such as the Doctor telling Rose to "Run!" from the Autons, the Dalek opening up like a chrysalis prior to killing itself in 'Dalek', the Cybermen marching in 'Rise Of The Cybermen', the Daleks pouring out of the black sphere in 'Army Of Ghosts', the opening of the Genesis Ark in 'Doomsday', Professor Yana becoming the Master in 'Utopia', and the Doctor finding 'Bad Wolf' everywhere at the end of 'Turn Left'. Though he did not write all of these, Davies' influence was unmistakable. Moffat, on the other hand, has not come up with a single moment of note. He is content to have the Doctor, Amy and co. cavort through a series of clunky, charmless adventures totally devoid of any excitement whatever. Its all every well for fanboys to say "wait and see! The story's not finished yet!". Viewers these days do not have the patience to wait as the plot unfolds over a period of months ( there being a mid-season break in Season 6 ). Will the show survive or will it fall to pieces? I came away from this feeling...nothing. Forty-five minutes of the old B.B.C. potters wheel would probably have provided more excitement. If Moffat cannot get this show right, he needs to go now, before it vanishes into oblivion forever.