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

[matgb]

adventure featuring a mythical monster that (of course) is anything but supernatural

There's spoiler number one. I figured it was an EMH just after they got the the spaceship, but that's definitely a spoiler for the phobes.

Spoiler 2 is, of course "it's a bit shit, isn't it", which some people like to figure out for themselves.

Thing is, having watched it twice, it's a bit shit by current expectations, if this'd be a Davison/BakerC era story, it'd have been a triumph.

Hmm ...

[ed_rex]

Re #1, I'm going to argue that my version was sufficiently vague as to get a pass, but since I'm relatively new to this community I won't argue too strenuously.

As for #2, isn't it better to let people know whether the review they're thinking of reading is positive or negative? After, shit/no shit is completely subjective, and so not spoilery.

Re: Hmm ...

[matgb]

I am unable to answer that question, as I'm the type who actively seeks out spoilers and speculation and then enjoys finding out how close we got it.

The mindset of the particularly spoiler averse is completely beyond me--I saw one person once write a long diatribe about how "Peter Parker is Spiderman" and "Tony Stark is Iron Man" are massive massive spoilers. This is roughly akin to "it's bigger on the inside" being considered a major spoiler...