Thinking of a Name Change

Seeing as the new theme here seems to be Doctor Who, I think a blog name change is in order. Rather than being Music and Stuff, Music and Doctor Who may be a more focused title. Regardless, here is my review for the first episode of Doctor Who with Matt Smith, titled "The Eleventh Hour." Like most first episodes, especially those in which the Doctor has a new regeneration, it is not quite as serious as the rest of the season. This is true with this episode, but it still is a rather good episode in its own right.

It starts off where the last one left off, that is with the Doctor flying away in space, but his TARDIS catches on fire, he then crash lands right on top of a shed. This is when he first meets Amelia Pond (later called Amy, but sometimes Amelia). He leaves, but tells her he'll be back in a few minutes, it ends up taking quite longer than that, for she goes from being a little girl to a girl around twenty. This leads for some quick banter between the two, and then the story eventually unfolds.

The story is not overly complicated. There is an escaped prisoner that fled to Earth, locked itself in a room hidden with a perception filter, and eventually the Doctor realizes this, tells Amy, then Amy finds the prisoner. Eventually the plot unfolds so that the prisoner is captured, and it is a happy ending. Though, it does solidify Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor.

The episode, while being silly at times, has its fair share of dramatic moments; such as when Amy puts the Doctors tie in between a car door and finds out it really is him from all those years ago. Considering it is the debut of Matt Smith as the Doctor and Steven Moffat as the head writer I give this episode a solid 8.5/10.