New Who 5.5: Flesh and Stone

I didn't post about this last weekend, because I was too busy attending swisstone's wedding, and I haven't since because I was more concerned with painting my kitchen and following the election. So I'm way behind the times now, and can't really add much that hasn't already been covered on doctorwho and elsewhere. (If you don't follow these matters but are mildly interested all the same, I would draw your attention in particular to cavalorn's theory about time-travel and the Doctor's jacket, which I think is very likely to be correct).

I do like to make sure I post an entry on each episode as they come out, though, so here's just a few notes on my own reaction before I forget all about it.

Overall, ( it's a great episode )

( Changing the Angels )

( The effects of the Time Crack )

( River Song )

( The seduction scene )

So, seems I had more to say than I thought, huh? Looking forward to tonight's episode - vampires plus time travel plus Venice = WIN! And, although the plot clearly won't be the same, I'm also rather glad that one of the small handful of Big Finish audios I have heard happens to be The Stones of Venice. I'll be interested to hear what resonances, if any, there might be between the two - especially since I see that I've noticed the fairytale feel of the Big Finish story in my review of it, and that is clearly a major theme of the current season of Doctor Who as well. One hour to go!

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New Who 5.6: Vampires of Venice

Basically, I loved this episode, except for some reservations about the way the black characters were handled. Because unfortunately both of them ( succumbed to a spoilery racist trope )

Other than that quite serious flaw, though, ( it was a really good story )

( The story as a historical )

( The Doctor )

( More on the handling of Earth history )

( Amy and Rory )

( The plot arc )

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