Doctor Who: 'The Bells Of Saint John' Review!




Doctor Who returns with 'The Bells of Saint John' where the Doctor finds
something dangerous lurking in the wi-fi... and meets Clara for the third time...

Jenna-Louise Coleman makes her first appearance as Clara Oswald,
 it's also her first proper story as a companion and she's great!

Esterath's Views on The Bells of Saint John!

Checklist:
The Doctor: ✔
Clara: ✔
Villain: ✔
Wi-Fi: ✔
Lovely London landmarks: ✔
Awesome new TARDIS scenes: ✔

Well, sounds like a good episode!

Let's take a look!

So, the basic story is the Doctor's quest to find out who Clara is takes him to
present day London where he finds a 'wi-fi soup' harvesting human minds
controlled by the evil Miss Kizlet with the aid of lovely Alexei and her right
hand man and the  Spoonheads who revolve their um, spoons to reveal the
victim being harvested by the wi-fi. So, the Doctor has to stop them and he
delves deeper into the mystery of young Clara Oswin, or is it Oswald? And I
absolutely loved the Doctor's cool new Anti Grav bike!

Matt Smith was great as the Doctor as always he has settled in perfectly and he could be considered as good as Tom Baker now! And Jenna was great as Clara, I was glad she wasn't as cocky and flirtatious but a bit more vulnerable. It gave her a sense of humanity rather than one-dimensional innuendos. Celia Imrie was great as the evil Miss Kizlet! Doctor Who hasn't had a memorable female baddie for a while and Miss Kizlet was very memorable and easy to love and hate! And I liked Alexei and George. And I liked the surprise twist about the Client being the Great Intelligence! (It was a bit obvious due to the BBC crediting him in the casting list before the episode aired!)

I liked the updated theme tune. Sounds more do-we-dooo-we-w-oh-weooohhhh! Sounds like the Classic Series theme! Angry that they haven't changed the fake looking TARDIS at the end and the doors still open the wrong way. Oh well...

The direction by Colm McCarthy was sublime and excellent! Please do bring him back! his direction was great and he made good use of the London landmarks which was fun to see. My favourite direction from was during the plane crash scene. I just loved the plane scene! Very fast and energetic! And the music was great and the shot where the Doctor and Clara are in the TARDIS and then it takes through into the plane in one shot.

The music. Ahh... Murray Gold. Murray smegging Gold! What can I say! Brilliant as always! I liked the different variation of 'I Am The Doctor' peice when the Doctor is riding his motorbike up the Shard (Now that was a scene!) And I also enjoyed the music during the 'typing battle' scene. If you enjoyed the music in it then listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiOJPMUT1T4 Try typing on your computer keyboard really fast while it's playing!!

So, this is a promising start to Series 7B! If The Rings of Akhaten is as good, I think we're in for a treat! Moffat has his mojo back! So, my final rating is 8.5/10. I think that is fair and not too generous or un- generous.

NEXT TIME on.... Esterath's Views On... THE RINGS OF AKHATEN