Who’s Bloody Brilliant

Just finished watching the second episode of the revitalised Doctor Who. Excellent entertainment. Russell Davies pens a wonderful script, full of knowing asides and heart-stopping ideas.

Examples of knowing asides: "the National Trust shifted [the continents] back – this is a classic Earth". "Talk to the Face [of Bo]". Even the props and music got in on the act – the jukebox masquerading as an "iPod" and playing examples of Earth’s greatest composers, to whit: "Tainted Love" by Marc Almond.

Example of heart-stopping ideas: what if you could phone your mum from 5 billion years in the future, being present at the moment when the sun expands to engulf the earth, and listen to her rabbit on about nothing in particular, while she’s emptying the washing machine? That, it seems to me is the real essence of being human – encompassing both the mundane and the godlike at the same time without pause for breath.

And was it just me, or was Zoe Wanamaker doing a Judi Dench impression? Well, you can never be too rich or too thin…

All in all, a wonderful second episode. If this continues, I’ll be there on the sofa every Saturday.