my retrospective review
pros
opening theme it is by far my favourite opening for the show it just irrigates me how after Steven Moffatt took over he changed it over and over again
open montage I think it’s a generally set up the average life she lives and why she would later be tempted to join the doctor
the doctor I like how the episode was written so people like me who didn’t really know much about the show wouldn’t be to confused as we basically meet him for the first time with rose
the villains they not the best villains to appear in the new series but they not the worst and they sort of work for the first episode
the tardis control room I love the way it looks it’s by far my favourite in the series
the character’s they come across realistic and entertaining to watch
the diversity it feels right that they reflected Morden day Britain with rose and mickeys relationship
the writing I feel that Russell t Davies is put down to much his story arcs are usually good and a lot of his episodes including this one are generally entertaining
the acting I generally think the acting his well done except maybe in noel’s case and you could easily argue that’s because of the writing
direction I really enjoyed the directors work he really did something with it that stood out
the music it’s probably the most consistent and well done music I ever heard on television thanks to Murray gold and his team
cons
the wheelie bin attacking mickey even at the time I first saw it I found it ridiculously irritating
the mickey duplicate through a combination of the writing acting and directing it was just weird how she didn’t know something was going on with him even if she was distracted by thoughts of the doctor
mickey his the only character that irritated me through out the episode which I would put down to the way the character is written
