Doctor Who:
The Crimson Horror
By Mark Gatiss
"My people once ruled
this world, as well you know, but we did not rule it alone. Just as humanity
fights a daily battle against nature, so did we. And our greatest plague, the
most virulent enemy, was the repulsive red leech."
Mark Gatiss wrote two
stories for Series 7. His first one
“Cold War” was one I really enjoyed. In
fact I enjoyed a lot and consider it one of the best stories of the Matt Smith
era so far. So now he gives us The
Crimson Horror a story set in Victoria times, 1893 to be exact in Yorkshire,
and sees the return of Madame Vastra, Jenny and Drax to help with the
investigation. Will “The Crimson Horror”
be another winner for Mark Gatiss or will it be one that should be put in that
vat of poison that Mrs. Gillyflower has in her factory
Well there isn’t much I
can say about this story except I wanted to like it and it started off good but
it just went south pretty quickly and it all started when Matt Smith appeared
on screen. Let me explain. Everything was actually pretty good with
Jenny working undercover in Sweetville looking for The Doctor. Madame Vastra had a case from Mr. Thursday
whose brother had died in Sweetville and the photo they took from his eye was
of The Doctor.
