A Good Man Goes to War

I've seen the mid-season finale for series six of the 2005 revival of "Dr. Who".

Ouch, that's a mouthful.

Without getting too spoiler-y, it's a quest that mixes some characters from past episodes and some characters whom I wish were from past episodes. The new characters were - to me - the most interesting.

There was a fair amount of awesome buildup tempered by a lot of trash talking about what a badass the Doctor is.

I'm actually not keen on that. The Doctor is a time traveler, yeah, but really? Everyone in the universe has heard his name? Seriously? Seems... a bit much.

That's hardly a spoiler, by the way. They've been doing this since Russell T. Davies revived the show back in 2005.

So there's about a half-episode's worth of buildup and then suddenly a confrontation. And that was a bit anticlimactic to me. The revelations weren't particularly surprising or anything. The conclusion felt a bit contrived, even for a show like this.

Still, for all that, it was pretty cool.