Doctor Who review: "The Curse of the Black Spot"

[ed_rex]

 

Some pirates, some curse

Good grief, but I'm getting tired of finding fault, but there really isn't much good to to say about the third episode of Stephen Moffat's second series in control of the TARDIS.

"The Curse of the Black Spot" is a fairly generic, back-in-time adventure featuring a mythical monster that (of course) is anything but supernatural. Or should have been.

In truth, it's quite a lot less than a generic episode. It makes "The Unquiet Dead", "Tooth and Claw" or "The Fires of Pompeii" (never mind the superior "The Shakespeare Code") seem almost brilliant by comparison.

Avast ye scurvy dogs! There be no sense, nor continuity in this week's episode! (But be on yer guard fer spoilers and the sound of one man cursing! Aaarggh! Or rather, Aauuggghh!)

Comments

[amihan]

1. Some of us have not yet seen the episode (Doctor Who has fans outside of UK and U.S. after all) and even if we do scroll past the entry, what has been read cannot be unread.

2. Good grief, but I'm getting tired of finding fault, but there really isn't much good to to say about the third episode of Stephen Moffat's second series in control of the TARDIS - Finding fault?

It's behind a cut now

[ed_rex]

Still, for future reference, would you mind telling me specifically what you objected to? As I said in my edit, I don't think what is here gives away anything that wasn't in the trailer broadcast after the second episode.