I actually agree with you here BoB, I didn't think much of Martha personally, she was ok but as said by the BBC the stress of the huge scale of Dr Who started to show on her, she started well but failed to cope towards the end. Rose Tyler (Billie Piper, never thought I'd say this but she can actually act, watch secret diary of a call girl...she's actually also damn hawt in that too) was good, her storyline was well written and her role didn't try to "out-do" the doctor in any way. Not that I believe she could out-do Eccleston, hell I remember the episode where the first of the Dalek's appears and he's making this huge gun and then goes off in to a rant about the destruction of Gallifrey ect ect. It was actually moving you could believe that Eccleston was the 900+ year old lone survivor of a terrible war faced with the return of his arch enemy. The role of Captain Jack Harkness and also Rose's friend Danny were well executed too.Originally Posted by Loony BoB
I guess they've changed the writing team or something because the last great support role actress I saw since Rose Tyler was Kylie Minogue performing on the xmas special about the space titanic. Catherine Tate is annoying because she's a well known and respected actress who likes to be centre of attention and star of the show. She doesn't like to be second fiddle and well compared to the Doctor thats exactly what it's meant to be an assistant, a second fiddle. The writers or her improvising acting is just getting too big and loud for a mere assistant she'd have been better off doing a special probably as the big bad woman rather than the assistants role something where she could challenge Tennants acting skills without being a permanent competition for him.
David Tennant is a great doctor, doesn't have the same aura or imposing image as Eccleston had as the doctor the voice and attitude lacks the gravity that his predecessor could pull off and yet Tennant still manages to win through.
What I am considering having watched the finale of season 2 of the Dr Who spinoff Torchwood tonight on BBC I-player, how will season 3 of Torchwood play out when they've killed in my opinion one of THE best actors in it (twice actually) Owen was easily the funniest of them at times for his cynical sarcastic views and quiet conflicting pessimism and optimism for example he suggests he can make it to the nuclear power station, why? because being dead but living he's king of the weevils
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