Sunday, July 11, 2010

"The Lodger"

Quite enjoyed this light, playful run-up to the titanic season finale -- a lot more than this guy did, anyway, hugely missing the point with his complaint that it wasn't scary enough. This was basically a comic (and romantic-comic) episode. Matt Smith clearly had a great time milking the Doctor's eccentricities for laughs -- a ploy that did have serious implications, as the most important thematic strand seemed to be a timely reminder that for all his benign and thoughtful qualities the Doctor is, after all, an alien, which is to say, not human. Always a fascinated tourist on earth, IOW, no matter when the Tardis lands.

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