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Christopher Eccleston is really coming along now, managing to give a more
three-dimensional performance than in the earlier episodes, while Billie
Piper continues her solid and believable work. Bruno Langley, playing Adam,
is also a good new addition (although, it will transpire, under-used in the
series as a whole...)
The production reeks of '80s Doctor Who, however. For some reason the BBC
just can't create believable futuristic architecture, so just make sure
everything's shiny, metallic, and with computer screens dotted about. In
"The Long Game" they're going for a "Blade Runner-meets-Deep Space Nine"
style that just doesn't come together. Still, it's effective enough on its
own terms and doesn't ruin an enjoyable story.
The CGI used it generally
good (particularly "Type 2" brain surgery where a flap opens in the centre
of your forehead to allow assimilation of news, and the episode's "end of
level" monster – a sort of limbless, ceiling-suspended, Giger's Alien…)
The Editor imprisons Rose and The Doctor, while his boss looks on from above.
Fundamentally, there's always something quite old-fashioned and frivolous
about all of Russell T. Davies episodes. "The Long Game" is very average,
but contains enough good-natured old-school "mystery" to keep people happy.
At times it's almost like a futuristic episode of Scooby Doo! As I've said
before, I just don't think Davies' has the chops to pen truly great
science-fiction stories, and it's a shame the majority of the 13-episodes
are written by him.
While I can't deny "The Long Game" kept me entertained
for 45-minutes... I just wish we had more Doctor Who episodes that actually
challenged and provoked ideas within the audience, instead of just coasting
by on good-will and light-heartedness...
Next Week: Rose travels back in time to meet her father before his death in
a car accident, and uses the TARDIS to change history… with disastrous
consequences!
DIRECTION PERFORMANCES PLOT SPECIAL FX SOUND/MUSIC
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