Vampires of Venice reaction post

[dbskyler]

Hmmm. Well, it wasn't bad, but it's definitely not one of my favorites. It was just kind of there. I don't know, I might warm more to it after I've re-watched it, or seen more of S5.

I didn't quite get the logic of a few things. Since I haven't had the chance yet to go hunting through old reaction posts, can anyone enlighten me on the following?

-- Why were all of the Signora's children male? Was that explained and I just missed it? If you're going to save your race, and you need both males and females to procreate, you might want to bring along some of each (just a suggestion). Or did she just bring her own family, and she happened to have 10,000 sons and not a single daughter?

-- How exactly was fish-from-space species destroyed at the end? The Signora just jumped into the water, and presumably she can swim. Didn't the Doctor leave 16th century Venice with 10,001 aliens swimming around its canals? Or again, did I miss something?

By the way, this episode had a "Casanova" joke, and Victory of the Daleks had a "Paisley boy" joke . . . why do I suspect these episodes were written back when they still thought David might be continuing on as the Doctor?

Comments

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

I agree, there were some very enjoyable moments in it. And Rory was indeed awesome.

[tempestas-inu.livejournal.com]

Rory got in some good lines and moments. His banter with the Doctor was hilarious.

Also..... a bit random but I just wanted to say this.... I was kinda half rolling my eyes and half stifling a giggle when this set of lines were spouted from the Doctor's mouth;

"The life out there, it dazzles. It blinds you to the things that are important. I’ve seen it devour relationships and plans. Because for one person to have seen all that, to taste the glory, and then go back... It will tear you apart"

Because he was essentially paraphrasing what Sarah Jane made aware to him. I just found it amusing for him to say it so confidently like he's careful about that happening when just a few years ago (in our time anyway) he was spluttering confusedly when confronted with the fact directly. Granted both episodes were written by Toby Whitehouse, but still.