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By WAYNE KLEIN
Fans of Doctor Who will be
delighted with the second season of the "new"
series. While the series could be a bit
inconsistent in the writing department even the
weaker episodes benefit from the delightful
performance of the "new" Doctor played by David
Tennant ("Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire").
During the second season the Doctor and Rose Tyler
his companion (Billie Piper) travel to an
alternate universe where the Cybermen come into
being, see the return of the Daleks (yet again) ,
meet the Devil on a planet circling a black hole
and help Queen Victoria fight off a werewolf. All
in a days work with the Doctor using his wits and
sonic screwdriver to save the day.
The fifteen episodes included here are augmented
by a special mini-episode produced for the British
Children in Need telethon as well as deleted
scenes, audio commentary tracks and a number of
solid featurettes. Fans of the series will be
delighted by everything but the price tag, which
seems steep for only 15 episodes of a TV program.
Still, overall, this is a delightful season that
parents can watch with their children without
worry about them getting too scared. The show
benefits from the latest CGI technology using it
to expand the stories in ways that the original
series could only imagine.
The show looks extremely good in its presentation
here with crisp images and solid audio. I'd
recommend this for fans of the series. |
