Now after the brief distraction of Martha has been dealt
with, it feels like the show can get back to being the Doctor Donna Show. The
title of this episode is one of the most fun and wacky titles that the show has
come up with for quite sometime. This story sees Fenella Woogar appear as
Agatha Christie and this story takes place on the day that she disappeared. Like
most Agatah Christie books, this is a who-dunnit. Normally on a Agatha Christie
drama that appears on ITV, it takes them two hours for this to unravel and yet
Doctor Who manages to do a good job in 45 minutes.
For me this episode is memorable for the appearance of Henry
Gordon Jago. There seems to be a nod to that character when Hugh Curbishly is
recalling where he was and at one point there are some dancers on a stage which
seems deliberate. If it weren’t for him then this episode wouldn’t be as
exciting.
There are some good jokes which Gareth Roberts has done well
sewing them into the episode. His last story was The Shakespeare Code and I
think that he is having more fun with this story and it shows as he seems to
thrive trying to mix Doctor Who and murder mysteries together. I think that
most writers might have struggled so its credit to Roberts that he made it
work. Graeme Harper directs this story well and in some instances the episode
looks lovely.
The Wasp turns out to be the vicar. I had forgotten who it
was so it was a nice surprise. The thing is that it isn’t normal for there to
be such a long scene as the big reveal scene was in new who. It was like the
show has slowed to mobility scooter speed. There is a running gag of Doctor
asking the Doctor if a person did it after some big revelation has come out
about them. That was quite funny.
This is a story that is ok but it’s not perfect by any
stretch of the imagination. I think that on another day I might be more favourable
about this episode but today its not an episode that I think is in the top
three of this series.
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