Cyberclogs

The second part of the latest two parter, Family of Blood, was I have to say a pretty darn good episode and one of the more emotionally charged episodes there has been for quite a while in the show. Written by Paul Cornell who wrote the excellent Father's Day episode in the 1st series, has written an equally poignant story as the Doctor who has made himself human, as John Smith, falls in love with Jessica Hynes (nee Stevenson) and in the face of an alien invasion, or war, he must now sacrifice his humanity and become the Doctor again.

I feel the two parters can be a bit hit and miss but this one has been pretty consistent in its quality and it features some of David Tennant's best acting so far, I also thought Jessica Hynes did pretty well in her role too. Although (plot spoiler coming! sort of!) once he comes the Doctor, he wraps up the whole conflict pretty quickly, and its a bit like the Christmas Invasion, the Doctor has gone missing, when he comes back everything is swiftly taken care of. That's the only kind of minus point of this episode for me, but other than it was pretty good stuff.

Next week's episode, Blink, looks like another "concept" one where what little I saw, the participants aren't to blink or they will die. Kind of echos the idea of the film Crank, where Jason Statham needs to keep up his heart rate or he will die. Sounds fairly intruiging all the same.