The Matt Smith Review: Part 16 - A Good Man Goes To War/Let's Kill Hitler
What We First Thought: I don’t know what’s going on, but I’m loving it! I don’t really know how to review these episodes. For a start, is really a two parter? It says it is, but it doesn’t feel like it is. It’s clear some time has passed since the events in the last episode, so it doesn’t really feel like a continuation. But it IS a continuation. Oh my head, I’ve confused myself now! I love A Good Man Goes To War . I’ve been moaning for years for Doctor Who to have a proper adventure story, instead of the arc-heavy, character development, emotional mush we usually get. Amazingly though, this episode achieved ALL of that AND a presented a great adventure tale, so it made me happy! I liked seeing The Doctor recruit some of his ‘friends’ to rescue Amy. The scenes which saw him pick them up were the highlights of the episode for me, with Strax the Sontaran being the standout in those. It’s really funny to see how much effort they made to ...