This is the worst episode of David Tennant's brilliant era as the 10th Doctor. It features 10 and Rose arriving in London in 2012 to see the Olympic games only to encounter an alien menace which has been latching onto a disturbed young girl and causing other children to disappear.
Compared to a lot of the dross on TV this is perfectly fine but by the high standards of this wonderful show it is disappointing.
The plot is fine and there are unsettling 'scary' scenes so this could have either been a very scary and dark episode or a cleverly balanced mixture of scares and fun. In the way it is actually put together it ends up a bit of a jarring mismatch of some fun and good humour with dark and scary parts which have not been put together as a satisfying whole.
The guest cast are mostly poor in their performances. There is also lot of cheesiness, especially in regard to the Olympics which is badly incorporated into this story. There has not been sufficient care in creating the episode.
There is some good work from Tennant and Billie Piper with good humour and decent scenes but a lot of the episode feels low quality for this show.
My rating: 5/10.
Compared to a lot of the dross on TV this is perfectly fine but by the high standards of this wonderful show it is disappointing.
The plot is fine and there are unsettling 'scary' scenes so this could have either been a very scary and dark episode or a cleverly balanced mixture of scares and fun. In the way it is actually put together it ends up a bit of a jarring mismatch of some fun and good humour with dark and scary parts which have not been put together as a satisfying whole.
The guest cast are mostly poor in their performances. There is also lot of cheesiness, especially in regard to the Olympics which is badly incorporated into this story. There has not been sufficient care in creating the episode.
There is some good work from Tennant and Billie Piper with good humour and decent scenes but a lot of the episode feels low quality for this show.
My rating: 5/10.