Doctor Who:
The Vampires
of Venice
By Toby
Whitehouse
“Funny how
you can say something in your head and it sounds fine.”
Following
the excellent two part Weeping Angel story we are given a story centered on
vampires. Well aliens that are vampire like. The Vampires of Venice also brings
back Amy’s fiancée Rory. This is the story in which It Rory will be joining the
TARDIS crew as a regular before they kill him off and bring him back.
This is one
of those stories that hardcore fans won’t like all that much but the casual fan
will. It is mostly a story that is not the best written story but did have
quite a few good moments to keep me entertained. For one I did like the pre
credit sequence where the Doctor jumps out of the cake at Rory’s stag. Most
notably the part where the Doctor says he thought he jumped out of the wrong
cake again. The look on the faces of the partiers was priceless.
I did like
the concept of the alien bug like creature that sucked the blood out of you. But
in truthfulness this concept has been done before and a lot better. Like in
1980’s State of Decay which was a lot scary and a lot better vampire story. Not
to say that The Vampires of Venice was awful which it wasn’t but it would have
been nice to see something different. Put it was entertaining and fun to watch
especially watching The Doctors reaction to seeing the girls as vampires. Considering
you could say that Doctor Who is trying to cash in on the recent vampire craze
going on. You know with Twilight and Tru Blood.
I like the
addition of Rory to the TARDIS crew. I
think his addition works pretty well as Matt Smith has someone else to bounce
off of. I liked how he stands up to the Doctor and accuses him of putting his
companions in danger to impress him. There is definitely good chemistry between the
two actors and that makes watching the episode that more enjoyable.
The Vampires
of Venice, which was in actuality filmed in Croatia, was an enjoyable Doctor
Who story that didn’t really add anything new or special to the series. It was
just a fun one to watch and not one that bogs your mind down in complicated
mumbo jumbo.
Grade B-
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