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Boom
Yes, I'm behind.
Whatever you think of Boom and, broadly speaking, the Internet seems to be positive, there was a subtle sigh of relief when Doctor Who returned to something a bit more normal-for-Doctor-Who - though the fact that a high-concept episode like this felt like a return to normality says something about the two episodes that preceded it.
I don't think it is one of Moffat's best stories, nor is it one of the worst - Middling Moffat, I'd say. It was more disciplined in its central mystery and the way the answer unfolded itself than some of his other offerings, but that discipline drained it of energy as, probably, did having the Doctor stand still for most of the episode. Moffat has said in interviews that he wanted to focus on tension - something he felt Doctor Who attempted relatively rarely - but I'm not sure the build of tension really came off and the result was an episode that occasionally felt like it was taking a long time to go nowhere very fast. The weakest part was the little girl. I would have expected a real child in that situation to be far quicker to grasp her father was dead and far harder to distract once she needed to be out of the way for a bit - Moffat may not be as good at character as RTD, but he is normally better than this in sketching out why someone behaves the way they do. We've explored how the Doctor feels about faith and religion and religious soldiers before and while this was well done, I'm not sure it brought anything new to the table.
Boom felt muted both in tone and colour palette.
It was a very solid episode. At the time many people were confidently talking of it as the highlight of the season, but given what has come since, I think it will in retrospect look like something of a filler episode. High-concept Doctor Who but not as high-concept as any of the stuff that surrounds it.
Whatever you think of Boom and, broadly speaking, the Internet seems to be positive, there was a subtle sigh of relief when Doctor Who returned to something a bit more normal-for-Doctor-Who - though the fact that a high-concept episode like this felt like a return to normality says something about the two episodes that preceded it.
I don't think it is one of Moffat's best stories, nor is it one of the worst - Middling Moffat, I'd say. It was more disciplined in its central mystery and the way the answer unfolded itself than some of his other offerings, but that discipline drained it of energy as, probably, did having the Doctor stand still for most of the episode. Moffat has said in interviews that he wanted to focus on tension - something he felt Doctor Who attempted relatively rarely - but I'm not sure the build of tension really came off and the result was an episode that occasionally felt like it was taking a long time to go nowhere very fast. The weakest part was the little girl. I would have expected a real child in that situation to be far quicker to grasp her father was dead and far harder to distract once she needed to be out of the way for a bit - Moffat may not be as good at character as RTD, but he is normally better than this in sketching out why someone behaves the way they do. We've explored how the Doctor feels about faith and religion and religious soldiers before and while this was well done, I'm not sure it brought anything new to the table.
Boom felt muted both in tone and colour palette.
It was a very solid episode. At the time many people were confidently talking of it as the highlight of the season, but given what has come since, I think it will in retrospect look like something of a filler episode. High-concept Doctor Who but not as high-concept as any of the stuff that surrounds it.
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The main drawback for me- and this is just my opinion- is Fifteen speechifying like he did here. The actor did great, it’s just… up until now this Doctor hadn’t done anything like that. Those lines felt more like Eleven or Twelve to me.
I agree with the above commenter about the girl. How old is she supposed to be?
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