BBC and Bad Wolf terrible combination

namstonk

Firstly I'll start with the redeeming, it is beautifully directed, the cinematography is excellent as is the vfx. However as usual for the BBC and the awful Bad Wolf production company who make the shamelessly bad Doctor Who they destroy the book quickly by making it so sickly PC that it induces vomit. Characters are changed to such a degree that people who have read the books just laugh out loud, (that's the Golden Compass perhaps it should be called the Golden iPad ffs) etc, if these books can sell millions with the characters as are, why do these companies feel the need to change them? Then the fact that the second episode jumps timeline so greatly you really understand the opening sequence where it says 'BASED ON'.
Finally the other redeeming quality is Dafne Keen, she has a great future following on from her performance in Logan.

score 4/10

namstonk 11 November 2019

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw5249265/