Re: 4th Season Dr. Who - Partners in Crime - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY !

"Victor Velazquez" <k-canute@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>> In article <7dmdneq_hbQXV47VnZ2dnUVZ_j6dnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Arthur Lipscomb" <arthur@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "peachy ashie passion" <exquisitepeach@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>>>>> In article <S7mdnYxyTOXz-Y7VnZ2dnUVZ_h2pnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>  Michael Bowker <mikeb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>
>>>>>> George Avalos wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Partners in Crime"
>>>>>>> 4-25-08 Dr. Who
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 5 stars (Robin & Tuck)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 0-1 stars (The Sheriff & King John)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -George
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3.0
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wackyness ensues when the Doctor and Donna meat up again.  More
>>>>>> of an re-intro to The Bride than a Doctor Who episode.  That
>>>>>> being said it was n't awful.  I liked the grandad.  The glimpse
>>>>>> of Rose raises more questions than it answers.  Not sure I like
>>>>>> Donna/The Bride as a companion, but I feel the same way about
>>>>>> Tennet versus Ecckleston's doctors.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Tell me about the glimpe of Rose?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Ha! Watch it yourself, mister!
>>>>
>>>>   Okay, okay.  She was in a crowd scene at the end.  She watched
>>>> Donna go off, then she turned, walked away, and faded into
>>>> nothingness as she went.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> The only good/interesting thing in an otherwise horrible episode.
>>> I'm shocked at the high ratings some people are giving it.  The
>>> first episode is generally one of the worse of the season but that
>>> was by far the worse of all the seasons combined IMHO.
>>
>> You seem to have liked it a lot more than I did.  :)
>
> Naturally!
>
> It was not a good episode.  The fat babies were cute but the danger felt

> manufactured and the resolution  unnecessary.  It was as if Doctor Who 
> decided to do Die Hard only without the peril.  The social satire might 
> have saved it were it not so ham-fisted.
>
> If ratings get counted embedded in threads I give it a 2.
>

What social satire?  Even calling it ham-fisted social satire may be
giving 
them more credit than they're due.

The whole thing reminded me of the Sarah Jane pilot only not as 
entertaining.  At least that had K9 in it.