matttieevans

The only episode I have ever seen that included dinosaurs but was still a total disappointment... Story holes you could drive a truck through - which are not necessarily uncommon in Doctor Who but when they are obvious on first watching then it reflects on the writing. Many, many episodes have been great at showing a Christmas or positive story without contrived and elongated sections of story to make up for the lack of anything to build to, what turned out to be, an awful and tacky ending.

I so wanted Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor to be really, really impressive and creative. He is, but the story ain't.

This short TV series concentrated on the 'personalities' that the regular Tower schedule consists of. It's not so much about the Tower and its very interesting history, but tries - and fails - in a very vain RealityTV attempt to engage the viewer in the people that work there. Firstly, it is disruptive to what we think of the Tower as a historical monument by trying to describe it as being run as a military one. Secondly, it introduces those that reside there as if they constitute part of the historical significance, and that a position at the Tower is some kind of 'award'. And finally, the programmes shows the main thing the viewer tuned in to see (the Tower of London) obscured by some forgettable individual in a beard and a uniform. This series lacks understanding of the location, of the visitors, of the meaning to Britain, of the residents of London, and of the history...but replaces all of that vibrant life of screen presence with a number of nobodies that you forget as soon as you look away from the screen. RealityTV at its worst.