In my opinion, the revival of Doctor Who has been unusually consistent in quality. It’s really, really good far more often than it’s not. But nothing’s perfect, and every once in while there’s an utterly misguided crapfest. And that’s ok, Doctor Who…it happens to the best of us.
These subpar episodes usually end up being what we would call filler episodes, either between two-parters or one of the episodes that doesn’t incorporate the series arc into the storyline. While the big dogs are busy making sure that the big set pieces of the series are all functioning properly, far less attention (not to mention money) is given to the standalones.
Luckily, with Doctor Who even the poor episodes are usually watchable. The production values are generally high and there aren’t major issues with the quality of guest actors like there were in...
These subpar episodes usually end up being what we would call filler episodes, either between two-parters or one of the episodes that doesn’t incorporate the series arc into the storyline. While the big dogs are busy making sure that the big set pieces of the series are all functioning properly, far less attention (not to mention money) is given to the standalones.
Luckily, with Doctor Who even the poor episodes are usually watchable. The production values are generally high and there aren’t major issues with the quality of guest actors like there were in...
- 6/28/2013
- by Audrey Fox
- Obsessed with Film
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