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Also the Master, though. I honestly think they've fluffed him badly - not the writing or the acting (although I do agree with sleaze on the comedy thing - comedy madness I can accept quite happily, the last couple of minutes of last week getting it note perfect, but it was too broad here and ended up sucking the menace from the character), but the rubbishy way they dealt with his background. A flashback and a short conversation don't cut it - if I was a new viewer, I'd still be wondering who the fucking hell this bloke is, other than Series 3 Big Bad. No lead up - just bam, he's suddenly there, being nasty. No reasons given as to why he wants to destroy the planet other than he doesn't like the Doctor and he's "mad".
It's all a bit Caleb.
On top of that, too many elements repeated from previous series - most notiably the mobile phones, which recall the headsets from the Cybermen episodes last year - and too many elements in general.
Just too busy. Too many ideas, none of them well enough developed.
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