So the Agatha Christie Doctor Who was quite amusing (I was hoping her disappearance was going to turn out to be because they had to whisk her away in the Tardis, but oh well). However, my pedant heart sank early on when Agatha showed up at the party and they inquired about Mr. Christie, when Agatha's philandering husband was Colonel Christie. Oh well, minor point, but it nagged.

I liked this week's Who quite a bit, aside from some pacing issues. For some reason, I found the Doctor almost being thrown out an airlock by a frightened mob to be more suspenseful than any potential death by Dalek, Vashta Nerada, etc. I also liked the very realistic portrayal of the sulky teen--amazingly insightful one moment, total little shit the next.

One thing I also liked was how effective the scary parts were, with no effects other than acting or someone banging on a piece of sheet metal.

what Anne said.

Re: UK Who

I was watching Twilight Zone earlier, and there was an episode that, 5 minutes in, made me say, "This is that Uglies series. Huh. Guess it got borrowed." Similarly, I thought this episode reminiscent of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, where the whole point is that WE are the scariest thing in the room, whatever else there might be.

It must have been an intense filming, what with the, basically, just one set. I've always been a fan of "Let's put these characters in a small room and under stress and see what happens", as a plot device.

Oh, yeah, and ROSE! Apparently, she was on one of the monitors on the shuttle, but I didn't see it this time (I did on the screen in the TARDIS back in whatever ep that was)

I quite enjoyed that. It was interesting to see what might happen when the Doctor couldn't talk his way out of the problem. Talk about being tongue-tied. I was actually quite worried for him! And Rose! On the screen over the Doctor's shoulder! I'm really kind of disgruntled that the trailer appears to have given much more away than I want to know for next week.

I have absolutely nothing to say about this week's U.K. episode of Who.

Too late.

Dr Who 4x10:

Since in the trailer for next week we see that The walls between universes are breaking down (it seems), perhaps it's an AU doctor who dies.

DW 4.10

I've never been so frustrated with a TV show.... ever

In what respect, Victor?

Well basically it was a good bit of work by the writers if they were trying to get a visceral reaction I just wanted everyone to stop talking. I got angry, and annoyed, and then frustrated. It accomplished what it set out to do but it left me with a bad taste in my mouth. Much like it seemed to do with the doctor.

Fringe:

Has anyone seen the leaked pilot?