StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

hoytyhoyty Well that's it, Moffat needs to be sacked and the BBC producers need a stern talking-to. Yet again they've managed to create a video-clip for some really boring, overbaked orchestral music, with no plot.I had some small hope - a smidgin - that the new series might show some kind of up-turn in the writing. My big, liquid eyes were upturned in big, liquid hope.But no, sadly, the Moffat we-MUST-make-dr-who-crap boot squad dashed my hopes, kicking me a big one right in the middle of my cute, puppy face.No plot, nothing particularly interesting, more of the same constructs we've seen before... Oh, and endless DWELLING on LGBT stuff! Sure, its quite reasonable to have a few LGBT characters, its 2014 and we are supposed to reflect reality not some 1950's fantasy. But this isn't a soap-opera, it's a sci-fi series. Well, it's supposed to be anyway...Every time Moffat rips my heart out like this - and his predecessor the deeply, amazingly un-talented RTD - I say I won't keep watching. But for some reason, I just cling to this notion that it will become good.What actually happens is you get a handful of good episodes. No, sorry, that's an exaggeration. You get maybe two, if you are lucky, per season. And these are enough to make me pretend the series shouldn't be canned.Poor Peter Capaldi.Oh and one more thing: no, the scots accent is NOT acceptable. I love Peter's native accent, especially in the 'Thick Of It'. But Doctor Who is ENG-LISH, and MALE.DEAL. WITH. IT.If you change something enough, it stops being that thing - John Nathan Turner and his idiot predecessor discovered that in the 80s when they drove the series into the ground.Then again, it's a soap-opera now. Somebody DID change it.It's certainly not Doctor Who.

loyolite Remember Matt Smith when he came in ? "The Eleventh Hour" !The one liners, the funny eccentric Matt Smith, lovely Amy Pond, and of course, the showdown in the end of that episode. That showdown was excellent with the Doctor calling the alien back. Lines like "The doctor is in" , "Basically... run !" were delivered so well. The holographic images of all the doctors, through which Matt Smith walks out in the end !!!Well, absolutely none of that cleverness was there in this episode. It was quite a simple one. Looks like Moffat ran out of ideas for a story and for showcasing a Doctor.A simple story about a dinosaur who combusts and the Doctor searches for the serial killer. Clara was as good as always. No difference there.One neat thing was the way they set up this Doctor's personality really well. they make it quite clear that he is not like Matt Smith and not a pseudo boyfriend to Clara.Nevertheless, if you are as big a fan as I , you need to see it !Update: I saw the second episode "Into the Dalek" and still not impressed.

shumwayjacob I like Peter Capaldi; he's a terrific actor and he manages to shine even in this lackluster script from Mr. Moffat. Clara turns in one of her best performances yet. The visual effects are better than ever.Yet somehow throughout this whole episode I couldn't shake a terrible case of deja vu. It's not that I don't like Moffat's scripts; some of his episodes are really amazing. I just would be very hard pressed to point to any aspect of this episode and say, "that's new," or "that's thought provoking." Still, if this purpose of the episode was to introduce Twelve, then I guess it was decent enough.I just hope that Moffat and Co. can get their act together to put together some of the best Who ever while they've got the chance with Mr. Capaldi. This kind of run-of-the-mill, rehash writing just won't cut it.

Cricketthecat I was vastly let down with the bulk of "Deep Breath." I feel this episode, all 120 minutes of it, only communicated two ideas: 1)"Please don't hate 12th Doctor." and 2)"Clara is much tougher and brighter than you think." That's it really! An hour and a half's worth of dialog and action summed up. The episode seemed without a core plot but rather snippets patched together. I can imagine a meeting of the head writers: "Okay team, the BBC gave us a content quota: dinosaurs, creepy Victorian era, a crying scene, and lesbian action*. I don't care how you wanna include it, fellas, just make sure it gets in the episode. Oh, and make sure the tone seems darker than last season..." I wanted to get to know this Doctor better and start on a new story arc. But I got a bunch of Madame Vastra/Jenny romance, Strax slapstick, and a villain heavy on macabre but light on actual cunning. What is really disappointing is that I actually DO like the new Doctor, and Clara rose several notches in my esteem. I'm afraid I simply don't feel like having to sit through the poor storytelling and cheap thrills to enjoy them. Sorry Mr. Moffat, I just don't like it.*I felt the suffocation/holding breath scene was a blatant excuse to have two females kiss. "Let me share my lungs with you" Oh. Come. On!