The Ark in Space

I really liked The Ark in Space. Sarah Jane didn't do a lot at the start, but was quite interesting towards the end. I really like Harry. I'm quite glad he's in Genesis of the Daleks, so I get to see him again. I really liked the Doctor in this one too, although his big, wide eyes scare me a bit.

There were some really dodgy white flares and high heels going on, but then you did get Harry and The Doctor under a desk, which was a really funny scene.

The commentary was quite interesting as well, with the producer talking about how they used to do it in those days. Tom Baker was pretty useless, though. He admitted at the start that he remembered nothing about the episode and his contribution pretty much entirely consisted of him saying "Yeah, yeah," to whatever the producer said.

Until they mentioned it in the commentary I hadn't noticed the monster was made from bubble wrap. It was just so horrid and green, especially when Noah's arm consisted of it. I wasn't terribly keen on the big insects either. But then I'm not particularly fond of insects at the best of times - just making them bigger doesn't really improve them.

Rise of the Cybermen

I love the cliffhanger. Apart from what they talked about it the commentary and cliffhanger, I have no idea how they're going to get out of that one. Roger Lloyd-Pack with hardly any hair was definitely creepy. The President, though, was played by that guy from that comedy with Giles in, so I could never quite take him seriously.

The earbuds made me laugh. I couldn't quite take anyone wearing them seriously.

From the trailer, I couldn't work out why the Doctor might be in a DJ, but he is! And steaming up the window staring out at the Cybermen. When I see them on their own I think their faces are too thin and stick-outty, like a dog or something, but during the episode they seemed fine.

I really like the Doctor/Micky interactions. Apart from that I thought the episode dragged a bit. I know it's a two-parter and they wanted to set up the parallel universe, but it still seemed quite slow. Especially since right at the beginning it was obvious Roger Lloyd-Pack was making Cybermne, but we don't get to see them properly until the end.

The most annoying thing, though, was it being 20 minutes late. If I'd been out, like all other weeks, I'd have missed the ending, which would have been annoying. It was still annoying, though, because I rushed to be ready for 7pm and there was no indication it was late, except for Strictly Dancing, or whatever its called, going on forever.

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