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posted by [personal profile] momentsmusicaux at 01:42pm on 23/04/2017
I wonder whether second episodes typically a bit of a lull after the big opener.
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posted by [personal profile] miss_s_b at 01:49pm on 23/04/2017
There certainly seems to be an Ep1: Look, here's a new companion Ep2: new companion gets first taste of SPACE pattern.
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posted by [personal profile] momentsmusicaux at 01:54pm on 23/04/2017
Smile was definitely not as good as The Beast Below. But far better than The Rings of Akhaten (which is Clara's 2nd ep from the PoV of her character if not the audience's). But then the Doctor reading the phone book would be better than that.
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posted by [personal profile] promethia_tenk at 02:00pm on 23/04/2017
I wonder whether second episodes typically a bit of a lull after the big opener.
I think that's practically their job. After I'd watched I was like 'that was almost a perfect second episode.' Which sounds like it's damning with faint praise, though I'm not convinced writing a great second episode is an easy task. The plot has to be interesting enough and still has to include a lot of important introducing the companion to how this all works stuff, but you can't detract from the larger job which is establishing a Doctor/companion dynamic that can carry you through the season.

It's not as glamorous as the flashy season opener or the mind-bending finale or the ambitious/arty/dark/genre-breaking one that happens 2/3 of the way through the season, but somebody's gotta write it *g*
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