Review: DOCTOR WHO S8E01, DEEP BREATH (Or, Look Who's Got A New Face)

Posted: 23 Aug 2014 06:00 PM PDT

As ever, there were a lot of questions to be asked as we welcome a new actor to the title role of Doctor Who. Few, however, questioned whether Peter Capaldi could deliver the goods. Unsurprisingly, he's excellent. He slips into the role with ease and just like Matt Smith was, he's instantly The Doctor."Deep Breath" has far more in common with "The Christmas Invasion" (David Tennant's first episode as the Doctor) than it does with Smith's debut though. It's not so much another pilot for the series as it is an episode that requires a bit of knowledge about where the characters have been and what they've experienced.We're thrown straight into things with the arrival of an enormous dinosaur in London, which soon spits out...

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