Well I've waited two days before reviewing 'Lazarus Experiment' because I haven't had too many free seconds to bang together. I am sober & I have had time to reflect. I'm not sure if those are good things for my review style. Oh well, here goes...
'Lazarus' was more subdued & credible than the trashy & laughable Dalek O-Puss inflicted on us over the last few weeks. It was less stagy & mercifully didn't seem to have been built around melodramatic, glittery set pieces. I do have to question the current preponderance for huge, boney, spider-ish CGI monsters though. It was 'Runaway Bride' all over again in that department & they NEVER look convincing.
Mark Gattis's performance was much like his wiggy blonde hair; not quite believable in my blog. He didn't seem to know whether to play it arch or straight. I feel for him though because the whole show has struggled with the same dilemma since 2005. The humour is often too wet & self concious for the show to be taken absolutely seriously, but Doctor Who is not & should never be the lazy 'topical comedy' show it strays dangerously close to being at times. Leave that role to 'Dead Ringers' who do it well. Not the lazy bit. You know what I mean!
That said, I loved the Doctor turning the organ up to 'eleven'. That is exactly the kind of humorous pop culture reference I was speaking of in a previous review. It is from a cult film that is over 20 years old, not everyone knows it and it's not sucking on the dry, tired teat of the latest mass trash phenomenon (Big Brother, Weakest Link etc etc - although those ones were quite well done).
I like Tish, she's a cutie. Leo is too, but as the Co-Pilot said to me in our post episode de-brief, he doesn't have much of a character to play with yet. Maybe he gets a starring moment later in the season & the part gets fleshed out. I hope so. I'll leave the analysis of the Doctor's relatively avuncular & bloodless attitude to Martha to the Co-Pilot, who I'm sure would like to step into the breach of the Doctor's seeming uncertainty & leave no doubt!
Lazarus in a sentence; not bad, much better, still not good enough.
Love, Lucozer
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