Dr Who S6 Part 2: Blu Ray Review

Dr Who S6 Part 2: Blu Ray Review

Dr Who S6 Part 2 Blu Ray
Rating: PG
Released by BBC and Roadshow
So the second half of this truncated season of Matt Smith's latest outing as Doctor Who comes out - and with it the creaking heavy weight of expectation from fans that writer Steven Moffat actually has an idea of what he's doing.
With the first episode of the 1st half of the season indicating that the Dr would die, there was a sense of foreboding in this set. Throw into that, the truth behind Alex Kingston's River Song being revealed at the end of the last run and there's certainly a lot for them to live upto.
Thankfully, it does - with the opening episode Let's Kill Hitler showing how they've got a lot creatively to give, there's certainly plenty of life left in the time lord yet. This shorter run of 6 eps does suffer a little in terms of story telling with some of them not being as strong as they could be. But with a final ep that proves the wait was worth it in terms of story and emotional core, the pacy run feels satisfying in many ways.
However, it does feel at times that a lot of the story telling and arcs from the past 3 years have run their course and it's really time to change tack for the future. Once again though, Matt Smith knocks it out of the park as Doc 11 and Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill certainly get stronger material to work with.
Extras: Disappointingly very few - may be worth holding off for the entire season set due before Christmas

Rating: 7/10