There was a style of writing in old pulp novels which was described as trapping your hero in a tree surrounded by tigers in the first paragraph, then occasionally having them grow more teeth. This, the second part of the Series Five mid-season two-parter uses this difficult method perfectly, with the doctor and his companions trapped in a crashed spaceship by Weeping Angels.
But wait: there's more! With all the problems laid out by the end of TIME OF ANGELS, we have a couple of new problems with the reappearance of the season arc as the Cracks in Space and Time show up and Amy has a Weeping Angel in her brain, about to devour her like a horde of earwigs.
Steven Moffat has written a crackling second half of the story, full of good humor and terror -- which should come as no surprise to any fan of the show -- and director Adam Smith, who just joined the crew with the Fifth season, moving things along at a breathless clip most of the time, with abrupt spates of comic relief that work beautifully.
Two warnings: this is not an episode to show to someone who has not seen DOCTOR WHO before, as there is a great deal of background information in it, including River Song; nor should it be looked at until after the first part.
These are not complaints. I have no complaints about this episode.
But wait: there's more! With all the problems laid out by the end of TIME OF ANGELS, we have a couple of new problems with the reappearance of the season arc as the Cracks in Space and Time show up and Amy has a Weeping Angel in her brain, about to devour her like a horde of earwigs.
Steven Moffat has written a crackling second half of the story, full of good humor and terror -- which should come as no surprise to any fan of the show -- and director Adam Smith, who just joined the crew with the Fifth season, moving things along at a breathless clip most of the time, with abrupt spates of comic relief that work beautifully.
Two warnings: this is not an episode to show to someone who has not seen DOCTOR WHO before, as there is a great deal of background information in it, including River Song; nor should it be looked at until after the first part.
These are not complaints. I have no complaints about this episode.