Review: Doctor Who – The Impossible Astronaut
Welcome to the first of DOOM’s Doctor Who series 6 reviews. I’ll be taking a look at the episodes each week and giving you my thoughts and musings about what’s going on.
I started watching Doctor Who with Matt Smith’s first series and it definitely hooked me. Between that series and now, I went back and watched all of the Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant episodes. They were great but the eleventh Doctor remains my favorite. His stories have so much more energy than the previous ones and the pace is quick but not hard to follow. The interactions between him and Amy are always a treat and Karen Gillan is definitely not hard on the eyes… Needless to say, I was really looking forward to this return. And I was not disappointed in the slightest.
SPOILERS AHEAD
Having just finished “The Impossible Astronaut” I must say, that was crazy. It’s nice to see that Steven Moffat is starting this series with the kind of insanity that usually only comes with a finale. There are so many pieces waiting to fall into place and I can’t wait to see how they do.
I’m especially looking forward to finding out why the Doctor dies and if the companions are supposed to help his past self prevent his death, get revenge, ensure that it happens, or maybe something else entirely?
The new monsters, the Silence, are just awesome. They look terrifying and their powers make things interesting. I would rank them up there with the Weeping Angels (my favorite villains) in coolness. Not much has really been given away as to what they want or plan to do. But they exploded the TARDIS last season, so you know it is going to be something big.
River Song. I think this series is going to finally bring an end to her arc. She’s always a fun character to have onscreen and I really hope her story is given a fitting ending.
Overall, this episode was fantastic. It’s a brilliant start to the series and definitely leaves you wanting more. I think I might end up watching it again to see what I missed the first time around, something I never do.
Be sure to leave some feedback, comments and theories as I would greatly appreciate it. If nothing else, here’s an easy chance at entering Mars Needs Pocasts’ contest. ;) Thanks for reading!
About the Author
Shane Morris Things that rhyme with Shane = Insane / Coltrane / Hussein. Things that don't rhyme with Shane = Tangerine / Flute / Dip. Now, go write a song about Shane.
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Great shot, kid! That was one in a million!
Haha, thank you, sir.
Thought it was a wonderful start to the series.
*** SPOILERISMS ***
River Song says she killed a man. Was she the astronaut at the beginning? :O
MORE SPOILERS
Oooh, and maybe the little girl in the astronaut suit was a young River.
You have just blown my mind. I hadn’t even considered that.
I’ve been thinking for four days how to make a half-decent post that says TARDIS in it.
At first I wasn’t such a big fan of the first episode, since it kind of started out of nowhere and didn’t really take much time to ease back into the characters, but on second viewing it’s a lot better!
The Silence are great, and the guy playing the former FBI agent is pretty good, too, is there anything else he’s been in that I should check out?
And yes, this was a great article, and looking forward to reading this each week!
Also, TARDIS.
I loved the FBI guy too but haven’t seen him in anything else. Thanks for reading! Glad you enjoyed it.
Mark Shepard, he was Badger in 2 episodes of Firefly
It totally is! I guess I only thought I hadn’t seen him in anything else.
I -knew- he looked familiar! Argh, the accent threw me off.
Man, that’s amazing!
Mark Sheppard has also been in Battlestar Galactica. Check him out hes a great actor and amusing guy.
Okay, I wasn’t able to read this till today as I just watched the first two episodes last night. First, thanks Shane for the last sentence, you rock. Second, I just watched some Eccelston episodes this week, and JESUS the pacing on this show has really improved. I think Moffat fits twice the story into one episode compared to Davies. Still, this is going to be a long confusing season, I think.
Good work Shane, keep writing and I’ll keep reading.
Thanks for reading! Yeah, the only two Eccleston episodes I really remember are the ones by Moffat. I liked his Doctor, but the stories were just alright.
Epic! the 1st DW i remember seeing is LET’S KILL HITLER.i think river is sooooooooooooooooo cool, and i giigle when i see her.
She’s a very entertaining character!
Actually, i’m being honest when i say that Steven Moffat is my relative. i think he is my grandpa’s cousin twice removed, or something like that. i actually gave him a couple of ideas for some of the episodes, like using the tie for rs and dw to get married with. i’ve met karen gillan and artur darvil!!!
That’s pretty cool, thanks for checking out the review!