Calvin Baxley – Google

Ncuti Gatwa totally has the the energy to play the Doctor. However, the writing in this episode is just nonsense. I tuned in to see how well he did as the Doctor, and I came out confused. (Spoilers) Some of the ideas were cool, but the cgi goblins were absolutely ridiculous. I lost my mind when they started singing a "pop song" while they fed a baby to their Jabba the Hut ripoff. I couldn't believe that I was watching a legit episode of Doctor Who. Speaking of babies being fed to saggy goblin kings, the tone is completely out of wack. It revolves around them saving a newborn infant from being eaten, which is not reflected at all by the actors. There's no sense of urgency in the way they go about this "adventure." In other words, my faith in DW is still dead. David Tenant's specials didn't do anything for me, and *The Church on Ruby Road* just shows me I'm in for the same drivel as before.

I didn't really expect much going into this movie, but it definitely wasn't worth the hype. I understand it was targeted toward kids, but most of the people who have a passion for Mario aren't kids. The plot moved extremely fast and each scene was practically just a minute long. The voice acting was phenomenal all around, and the animation was fantastic. The story was fine, it was just the pacing that really put this movie down.