From the Orient

Series three starts with a bang as we get a new Rose in the shape of Martha Jones, excellently played by Freema Agyeman. The pace and dynamism of the first series was back and it felt far more of a new start than last season’s opener, New Earth. Odd, considering we got a new Doctor last time.

Martha looks like she will be a very good Companion. Different from Rose, but the same in a regenerated sort of way. She impressed both the Doctor and viewers with her attitude and character under pressure.

Child’s View

My four year old thought it was excellent too, liking the Judoon and the fast pace of the episode. It scored bonus points for having a New Rose and an alien that sucks people to death with a straw.

It scored points with Dad for having an alien very much like the Sontarans and the Doctor having to solve something without his Sonic Screwdriver (even though he simply made a new one in about 30 seconds).

This Years Bad Wolf

Clearly the theme is going to be Time Lords. In the first series [1] they were very careful not to mention the Doctor’s race, only that they’d all died. Now the Doctor is telling someone he’s only just met that he is a Time Lord. Plus I’ve seen one of the later episode titles in the Radio Times.

[1] Hang on, when did I stop calling it Series 27?

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