The Empty Child

Doctor Who at its very best. Having read a large amount of this episode I was genuinely looking forward to it from the beginning, almost rivaling that to the Dalek episode. And I wasn’t disappointed. It had the dark element that under strong writing and creative directing can really thrive. And like the Dalek episode it didn’t disappoint.

The story itself was fantastically woven together, creating a dark setting yet continuing the exploration of this series, which remains predominantly on Earth.

The CGI throughout was very good, possibly the best so far of the series, especially the skies of war torn London. The morphing scene, which I waited with baited breath, was extremely well made and well done to the production team for going ahead with this. But again there were moments here that showed the modernized, character based elements of Doctor Who. It’s about the continued exploration of the characters, including this time the introduction of Captain Jack Harkness.

What I find fascinating about any series/film is the introduction of key characters especially when they are introduced amid a relation ship that has been developing; the three’s a crowd element. But Jack was quickly brought into the story in the best possible way, the flirting element between himself and Rose. His ship, fairly reminiscing of the TARDIS, showed the character without Jack actually needing to say anything another element that I am a huge fan of in film and TV. Using objects, signals to show who someone is with out them baby feeding the audience.

Again very strong performances from the cast, Christopher and Billie were very good, as was Richard Wilson whose small screen moments added to the tension which was waiting to explode.

A dark, chilling episode that terrified kids of my friends, so all in all another well made, well written episode, possibly the best so far, possibly!