If you've seen Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest or pretty much any media this week, you've noticed that today is the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who. As such the entire world got the chance to watch the special episode together. You could say I was pretty excited about seeing it. I've been waiting for months since they announced who would be coming back. After all the previews that were released this week, I was sure it would be a bit of a letdown seeing as most of the episode had been released already.
Well, I'm delighted to report that it was most definitely not a let down and will stand as the best hour and a half of television I've ever seen. I've been smiling from ear to ear since it went off and I'm not quite sure I breathed through the whole darn thing ; ) It was magical and fantastic and brilliant and perfect in every way! And even with all the buzz surrounding it, they managed to jam pack it with surprises and easter eggs a plenty. I'm amazed that these stayed hidden until today. Here in America, if we ever would have attempted something so huge, these details would have been leaked weeks ago.
The writing of the episode was spot on; weaving all sorts of funny little side comments with allusions to the past doctors. The story was straight forward for a change and I therefore understood everything that was happening. The acting as always was superb. Seeing Matt Smith (who I've admittedly never been a big fan of as the doctor - He seems perfectly lovely in real life), interact with the Tenth Doctor was a dream come true. Adding John Hurt into the mix, which I thought would bring it down a bit, only added more spark and fun to Doctor-iness of it. And the fact that they were able to bring so many of the old faces and some new (I almost fell off the sofa when Peter Capaldi's eyes showed up) was such a tribute to what started 50 years ago and the people that made it happen. I'm sure the die hard fans surely appreciated the care that went into quite a fitting tribute to an utterly brilliant, unique and un-matchable character.
Bravo Doctor Who! Everyone involved should be very proud of what they've accomplished!
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