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| By: | David Layton, Los Angeles, United States |
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| Date: | Monday 7 November 2016 |
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| Rating: |   7 |
The thing about "Death and the Queen" is how close in style and subject it is to the Tennant-era TV series. We have Donna getting married again, seeking an exit from her boring existence. We have the Doctor - all off-kilter enthusiasm. And we have a kind of E.T.A. Hoffmann story of a little-known European country and its eerie bargain with Death. Add in some girl power moments and the listener gets an entertaining romp through some traditional and clichéd story elements.
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| A very poor representation of 10 & Donna |
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| By: | Jared Star, Portsmouth, United States |
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 October 2021 |
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| Rating: | 4 |
First off, the plot and the overall story are extremely admirable, and I was in love with the character of Death. Yet, Matt Smith was really annoying in this one. Oops, sorry, I mean David Tennant. The writers really screwed up David and made him sound like Matt Smith at his most annoying. David was forced to overact practically every line and was constantly doing things that were stupid (such as walking out and losing a wrestling match with a skeleton and pretty much everything he did/said in the flashback to meeting the prince). He was also completely oblivious to Donna when she was expressly telling him she wasn't happy. That entire scene was honestly aggravating and not like the tenth doctor at all. Poor characterization everywhere with these two. Donna herself seemed to be poorly done too, but not to the extreme David was at. She felt more like the Donna from Runaway Bride, and not Donna from series 4 (which is who we had during the previous two stories).
The actual plot again is one I will praise, and the resolution was clever in a good way. I loved the poetic ending this one had and it really was something special. If only the poor characterizations didn't overshadow it. Some people reading this may think I'm exaggerating, but if you listen to it you will understand what I mean.
So to sum up, death was the best character in this masterful story, but David Tennant was the weakest ever. This could have been a masterpiece if the writers could have written for him better. It's not something that will dissuade me from ever listening to it again, but it's also one I'm not wanting to experience anytime soon.
I totally recommend "Time Reaver" and "Technophobia" though, they are the much better releases of this box set. They don't have any of the poor character writing I mentioned in this one.
