Well we're 5 episodes into this new series and so far it's been more hit than miss for me. Catherine Tate as Donna has been a breath of fresh air. It's nice to finally see a companion who isn't enamored of The Doctor; their relationship is one of friends and it's been good. Far more so for me than series 3, in fact.
The series started off light and fluffy with Partners in Crime, which has the Doctor and Donna separately investigating a new weight-loss clinic, Adipose Industries. After several comical scenes where they just miss each other, they finally stumble on the sinister secret at the heart of the clinic at the same time - in a very funny scene. There's a bit of running around but not too much and the characters are happily allowed a bit of development, the lack of which has plagued previous series. One thing that's also nice to see is that the monsters aren't really actually bad; in fact if left alone they'd probably have been quite helpful! Of course no one will remember much about this episode because it's the end they'll all be talking about! The main problem with this one is the CGI really - the Adipose never really look convincing, they don't move convincingly and they don't really interact with the real-world backgrounds very well. I know the Mill and co. spent lots of time and money on them, but…they just don't work.
The holy crap moment is of course the sudden and unheralded return of Rose Tyler at the end of the episode - what a complete shocker that was. I'm sure we'll see more and more of her in upcoming stories until the climax at the end of the series…next up I'll write about The Fires of Pompeii and Planet of the Ood.
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