Unlimitedia Sick Product of a Sick System

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Dr Moo The 11th Doctor is dead. Long live the 12th Doctor! That's not the way Clara sees it though: She's upset that the young man Matt Smith that she'd been best friends with had vanished and been replaced with the older Scottish fellow Peter Capaldi and that's understandable.The main complaint people had about the casting decision of the 12th Doctor had been his age (had people forgotten William Hartnell's 1st Doctor or John Hurt's war Doctor?) and it seems Clara is present to help people with this issue make the transition. Madame Vastra is on hand to address the complaint head-on: Did you think he was young?! She asks it with an air of condemnation upon all who had a problem with the age difference and Neve Mackintosh delivers it well, but that's to be expected if her past appearances are anything to go by.It takes all of about five seconds to believe Peter Capaldi is the Doctor; I'm not sure what it is about him but whatever it is he has it. He plays the part as if he was younger and more youthful than he actually appears and comes across as if he were a naughty child who knows he'll be in trouble later but does what he wants anyway while he still can. This is a bold move but it works well thanks to the combination of the excellent writing and acting by all involved. His Doctor is much less trustworthy too: At one point he leaves Clara trapped in a room of evil robots with not even a hint of advice for her except something he said earlier, leaving her to her own devices.But it's here we see that we can still trust him as he arrives in time to save her. Ben Wheatley's direction is superb here and cannot be flawed as he calls upon his past experience to create a real sense of horror that goes on long enough that you'll probably cross the edge of your seat and fall onto the floor. His direction is great throughout actually and he may be the best director Doctor Who had ever had at this point.Moffat's script is a good one too, with dinosaurs and robots showing up in Victorian London to wreck havoc and generally be nasty and unpleasant. He works in the new Doctor in no time at all and sets up for the series 8 story arc nicely with a brilliant tease to end the episode all while allowing for Clara to actually become a proper character. While it's not perfect it does come pretty darn close and Matt Smith's closing cameo is a nice way to end, totally what the 11th Doctor would do. 9/10

NineTenElevenTwelve Peter Capaldi certainly starts his era on a high note with "Deep Breath"! While the new Doctor's personality hasn't been fully defined yet, he's still a joy to watch and is a wonderfully sharp change from Matt Smith's kinder and more welcoming Doctor. Capaldi brings a vibe of unpredictability to the role that shrouds this new Doctor in a veil of mystery. How far will he go? Where does he cross the line? I don't know and I can't wait to see how his role develops!Jenna Coleman absolutely shines in this episode as Clara Oswald. In fact, this episode is as much Clara's as it is the Doctor's. Clara's reactions to the new Doctor and the situations she finds herself in feel very believable. Her conflicted feelings about the Doctor's change bring an emotional punch to the episode and she really starts to come into her own as one of the best companions the show could ask for. As with Capaldi's Doctor, I can't wait to see how Jenna's Clara continues to develop!I've always loved the Paternoster Gang and it was a delight to see them make a reappearance for Capaldi's debut episode. All of them get a fitting amount of screen time as well as flat out awesome moments of action and dialogue.The main villains of the episode, not to give anything away, are intimidating and very interesting. They also act as a very nice reference to a previous episode (and I won't say any more than that).Overall, "Deep Breath" is just a great start for the Twelfth Doctor's era with nice emotional moments, welcome development for its characters, and several interesting surprises.

Rob_Taylor I had high hopes for this new incarnation of the Doctor, but after a very few minutes of viewing, I realised those hopes are likely to be dashed in this coming series.Capaldi makes a very nice Doctor. It's nice that an older actor has been assigned the role again. I always thought Chris Ecclestone was a good choice to reboot the series and Capaldi has a similar gravitas that, frankly, neither Tennant and certainly Matt Smith lacked.That said, Capaldi is utterly wasted here. The scriptwriting is uniformly terrible and calls for yet more of the clownish buffoonery that sadly has become so prevalent in the last two Doctors' tenancies.I'd hoped for more. I'd hoped for a more serious Doctor. I realise it is early days for the new Doctor, but on the strength (or lack thereof) of this first episode, I expect things to descend into inanity and endless scenes of "Look at me! Aren't I clever!"It's a shame, really. A new Doctor is the ideal time to steer the show in new directions. Instead it seems to be intent on sailing over the same old territory again. I note the next episode is to feature Daleks, for goodness sake! Have they no imagination anymore? In short, the episode was too long, too foolish and too muddleheaded to be more than a casual diversion. In other words, exactly the same as the last couple of series, which is to say, frivolous nonsense that you will forget (thankfully) minutes after it is over.SUMMARY: Weak start to the new Doctor. They are badly in need of a new direction and new writers.

gregory_quinn Totally a question of my age (58), I'm sure. The episode went totally over my head, found it overwrought and incomprehensible. The production values are amazingly good as are the special effects (gone are the days of "Doctor Eyes" against a blue screen. I'm afraid I prefer drama that's vaguely comprehensible, and liked the old Hartnell, Troughton and Pertwee doctors. Sorry, didn't think much of Capaldi - I'm sure he's a great actor otherwise. Shows how out of touch I am with public thinking, but to me the show takes itself too seriously. Hoping there'll be a retro version of Doctor Who that I'll be able to relate to.