Do you like biased reviews? Because if you give me Dame Diana Rigg and Rachael Stirling playing mother and daughter is the way to get a biased review from me.
Victorian Yorkshire, humor, horror. Well not as much horror as I was expecting: disappointing. The rocket at the end was a great idea but it made me think: why there isn't some serious steam punk when the Doctor goes back to the Victorian age?
My impression is that Mark Gatiss modeled this filler around his guest stars: Gatiss was actually playing "The recruiter officer" on stage alongside Stirling. But even just watching the episode you'll find it out by yourself in no time: Clara is basically invisible while the Doctor says and does a bunch of useless thing. It's an hazard to propose a script like this since 50% of its success or its failure depends on the guest stars level: in "Blink" Carey Mulligan did a great job on a excellent story, while in here the Rigg ladies saved the day working on a decent but not sparkling script. Brendan Patrick deserves a special mention too.
Victorian Yorkshire, humor, horror. Well not as much horror as I was expecting: disappointing. The rocket at the end was a great idea but it made me think: why there isn't some serious steam punk when the Doctor goes back to the Victorian age?
My impression is that Mark Gatiss modeled this filler around his guest stars: Gatiss was actually playing "The recruiter officer" on stage alongside Stirling. But even just watching the episode you'll find it out by yourself in no time: Clara is basically invisible while the Doctor says and does a bunch of useless thing. It's an hazard to propose a script like this since 50% of its success or its failure depends on the guest stars level: in "Blink" Carey Mulligan did a great job on a excellent story, while in here the Rigg ladies saved the day working on a decent but not sparkling script. Brendan Patrick deserves a special mention too.