Review: Vampires Of Venice

I am 100% completely sold - Matt Smith is the Doctor, and a new golden era is here for fans!
I really enjoyed last night's episode (and so did my girlfriend, which is saying something) and still can't see why there were a few negative posts on Outpost Gallifrey. Well, I didn't get the negative reviews that people posted up for Victory of the Daleks either, since that is my favourite episode of this series so far..but you can't win 'em all!


I had been looking foward to Vampires of Venice for quite some time, since seeing a preview clip from The Jonathan Ross Show a while back - the one where William Hartnell makes a cameo appearance in the form of a library card, which was a really nice nod to the classic series and something I don't think could have been pulled off when Tennant was the Doctor.
The folks @ The Mill have done a wonderful job of bringing Venice to life (even though this was filmed in Croatia with CGI added in) and it oozes atmosphere - the fishy aliens (which reminded me of Lovecraft's Deep Ones) are pretty freaky, I can imagine some of the younger kids hiding behind the sofa for this one. I had rather hoped to see the real vampires turn up in this episode though, y'know - the nasty ones from State of Decay - but there are only so many old monsters you can bring back in a series I guess.


I look foward to seeing more of Rory and Amy, I think together with Matt's Doctor they will make a brilliant team and I hope that they stay for the next series too.
I am also really hyped on the trailer for Amy's Choice too, it looks very fairytale and the Dream Lord looks quite creepy - like a parody of Matt's Doctor. I can only hope that Saturday will come round quicker...