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Russell T Davies - spinning it around.

I read this at work this morning and I suppose I shouldn't let it lie. DOCTOR WHO producer reckons "series three has gained outstanding reviews"? Um, yes and no. The run from Human Nature to The Sound Of Drums received outstanding reviews. Everything else got a mixed response, to say the least. So that was five good to great episodes out of thirteen. That's less than half marks. Sure, having all the best episodes coming out in the second half of the run ensures going out on something of a wave of euphoria, but still - that's a low hit rate. Series four has got to do better, frankly. God knows what the Christmas special will be like, but the teaming of three national treasures (Doctor Who, plus little Kylie, plus Kylie's bottom) certainly ensures seismic levels of mainstream media attention. Anyway, here's Kylie's first, rather memorable stab at SF.

But loaning Martha Jones to TORCHWOOD for a few episodes is a good idea: it certainly ups the likeability of that cast by a good 75%. By the last episode of their first series I was praying to Pazazu that at least three of them would bite the bullet.