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| timark_uk wrote: I was in the room whilst this episode was on, but barely even looked at the screen, a few glances at most really. I'm quite glad you report it as being a poor episode, Paul. As a semi audio drama it worked okay. Mark | |
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Behind the sofa? Please say you did.
SPOILERS
It was an odd one, really, so far the writing has been pretty good, and we’ve had some solid stories introducing the Doctor, the new companions and the TARDIS. The episode Rosa set a high bar. If they were all that good, or even approaching that level of goodness, we’re in for a treat.
Arachnids in the UK was, for me, a flop. There were a few things going on that felt off key. It started well, and the spiders were big and scary, but the resolutions of the problems were all too facile.
No resolution to the massive waste dump under the hotel. It’s just there, but given what was dumped there and how, you’d expect the Doctor to get UNIT (or similar) to cordon off the area and quarantine until it was cleared.
Spiders left in the safe room? I guess they’ll eat the food and then starve to death. Maybe the Doctor is getting a hard edge and doesn’t care that much, but then she shows empathy for the big spider that’s suffocating and is upset when it was shot dead. In my view, shooting it was preferable if it couldn’t be saved.
No mention of any kind of clean up elsewhere in Sheffield. There are at least two places where the spiders are being left. Do we expect a return to that, or will they just “go away”? Or have I missed something here? I don’t feel I’ll gain much from a re-watch.
Some nice scenes with Graham going home to an empty house, and his reasoning for continuing to travel at the end, but on the whole I felt it fell flat.