Review By Ken Parker
I do not lie, my 50th
Anniversary has already been far better than I imagined with last
months release of 2 previously lost Doctor Who stories. An
Adventure in Space and Time would be the frosting on the cake and
how sweet it was.


So right there you have an incredible
production that has done a great job duplicating the look and feel of
that time period from what we see in photos, on screen and hear from
the people who were there. All of that would have been enough but
there was so much more.
David Bradley plays William Hartnell
and deserves any nominated best actor award the world can throw at
him. He nails the part and brings so much to an actor that so little
is really seen or known about. To see Bradley, its as if we see
Hartnell in the part himself. He does an outstanding job on all
levels.

As with the chemistry with the original
TARDIS cast, the chemistry with Verity and Waris with Hartnell was
better and as time went on the producers and directors were faceless
voices.
The only thing that I thought was a bit of a distraction was the performers who played many of the later companion actors, they didn't look quite right for the most part and could have looked closer to the originals, especially since none of them had speaking roles.
The story is sad but the legacy of
Doctor Who is the final point of the story. The final scenes,
which I had heard about before watching, were tastefully done but I
actually wished there was a nod to the ongoing success of the series
with perhaps classy looks at all the actors to follow and not just
one.
This was more than any classic fan
would want to see in an anniversary this big. The only thing better
would have been to see perhaps Bradley play the first Doctor in the
actual Anniversary story!
Thank you Mark Gatiss and everyone for
this anniversary gift.
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