It didn't really engage me, but Chibnall Who generally doesn't. Moffat Who mostly did engage me; Davies Who sometimes engaged me and sometimes enraged me, but Chibnall Who is mostly just there. It wasn't awful.
I suppose some people like this sort of thing, just like some people like Doctor-companion romance. Still, it was the first episode I watched with my fiancee that neither of us had seen before, so I'll probably hold it in nostalgic regard a few years down the line.
Re: Madame Ching, I feel a common failing "celebrity historicals" is to present us with someone from the past, tell us that they are amazing, but not actually show the amazing things they did. Rosa was probably the best story in this regard, as Rosa Parks was famous for one, very specific, thing that can be dramatised easily and effectively on TV.
Re: pirates, the original series had The Smugglers. I'm fond of it, but there isn't much swashbuckling, as far as I can tell from the soundtrack and telesnaps.
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I suppose some people like this sort of thing, just like some people like Doctor-companion romance. Still, it was the first episode I watched with my fiancee that neither of us had seen before, so I'll probably hold it in nostalgic regard a few years down the line.
Re: Madame Ching, I feel a common failing "celebrity historicals" is to present us with someone from the past, tell us that they are amazing, but not actually show the amazing things they did. Rosa was probably the best story in this regard, as Rosa Parks was famous for one, very specific, thing that can be dramatised easily and effectively on TV.
Re: pirates, the original series had The Smugglers. I'm fond of it, but there isn't much swashbuckling, as far as I can tell from the soundtrack and telesnaps.