The Matt Smith Review: Part 15 - The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People
What We First Thought: What a good last 2 minutes! If I feel that The Doctor’s Wife is a tad overrated, then The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People is slightly underrated. But it could have been so much more enjoyable if a few creases were ironed out. Or obliterated, in some cases. I like Matthew Graham. Together with his writing team, they produced 5 great years of telly in the shape of Life on Mars and Ashes To Ashes . True, the odd Bonekickers episode (okay, ALL of them) may have spoiled the party, but then there’s also Fear Her on his CV. I’ll be honest and say that I don’t dislike that episode as much as some people seem to do. It was by far the ‘cheap episode’ of the series and a late replacement for something else. Graham probably didn’t have much room to lay down his own ideas and apart from a couple of good humour bits (yes, a couple – The Doctor’s answer to ‘ What’s your game? ’ and the ‘marmalade jar incident’) it was forgettable. So wh...