While watching this episode I was like "wow" and then "oh no" every 1-2 minutes. There are really some great things, some Doctor Who stuff that I will always love and some others that are not working at all. One of them is Matt Smith. OK, the lines are not amazing, but what if there was Tennant there? I like Matt Smith, I really do, I think he actually saved the day most of the times since he started, but here he's simply not believable. On the other side Jenna Coleman does a good job, her acting is not terrific, but after Karen Gillan she seems Meryl Streep. The story is not bad (still I did not really understand the singing purpose besides making a musical): I got the impression they're finally looking back into the good old days of Nu Doctor Who in order to catch the audience again. Following this path it's easy to make bad copies (as for the previous episode) but some mistakes are needed if they want to succeed and I hope they do 'cause I still love this show.
Review of The Rings of Akhaten
