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>>> >> Also Journey was rated 7.9/10 by 482 users on
imdb.com
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>>> >Also how many users didn't rate it 7.9/10?
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>>> Well it is an average.
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>>So one person could've created 482 different accounts to rate it 7.9
>>over and over again.
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> Nope.
OK then, let's see what people at
imdb.com really thought about the episode.
From
imdb.com, talking about Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS:
"The episode is ruined by the last ten minutes that are simply dreadful . In
Curse Of The Black Spot the audience effectively got a remake of The Empty
Child/The Doctor Dances and here we get a medley mega-mix of Russell T
Davies . We get angst ridden family nonsense with the salvager's who reveal
they're not androids at all and we get a dues ex machina ending involving a
reset button just like in Last Of The Timelords a story that is known in
some fan circles as the biggest cheat the show has come up with . The only
segment of the last ten minutes that didn't rip off RTD was more timey-wimey
paradox nonsense and yet another character piece involving the enigma of
Clara that seems shoehorned in by Moffat and has quickly outlived its
welcome
In summary this is a relatively enjoyable episode let down by ill thought
out writing and producing . The ending is a massive cheat and not for one
second does one believe writer Steve Thompson is giving a massive post
modernist nod to RTD . Moffat should have insisted on a much better ending
with a rewrite that does away with time paradox and as it stands this
episode doesn't merit a rewatch and why should it since in reality it didn't
happen "
From
imdb.com, talking about Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS:
"Dr Who has got a lot to offer but not as a fast food meal with no substance
and not as a science fiction show without the basic science included. If
these flaws were a one offs in a good season I'd forgive and forget but as
the whole season has been flawed I think the buck stops with Stephen Moffat.
Come back Russell T. we never had to forgive you anything."
From
imdb.com (via flick filosopher), talking about Journey to the Centre of
the TARDIS:
"I'm not sure this episode works on any scale imaginable. There's tons of
little fiddly plot stuff that simply makes no sense. How did the Doctor end
up outside the TARDIS when it got pulled aboard the salvagers' ship? Why the
hell would the head salvage guy tell his dumb brother to "get back to the
console, strip it apart" when as far as he knows, that console is the only
way for the Doctor to stop the self-destruct countdown he's convinced the
brothers he's started? Why are the burnt zombies menacing everybody, even
killing that one Van Baalen brother? Instead of being, like, dead?"
From
imdb.com (via a mighty fine blog), talking about Journey to the Centre
of the TARDIS:
"The dark side of time travel lies in the temptation it presents to writers
who might be looking for an easy way to resolve a plot by basically wiping
the slate clean. Killed off a character you liked? Just travel back in time
and save them. Revealed some potentially story-altering secrets? Just change
the past so no one remembers them. Trapped the cast in a deadly situation
that they can't get out of? Just hit the reset button."
From
imdb.com (via the unaffiliated critic), talking about Journey to the
Centre of the TARDIS:
"Somewhere within the wreckage of "Journey to the Center of the TARDIS"
there was a great episode of Doctor Who to be found, but writer Steve
Thompson didn't quite find it. Like the Doctor (Matt Smith) himself,
Thompson kept journeying further and further into the legendary, infinite
recesses of the famous craft, searching for the salvage of a lifetime: there
were many pleasures and wonders to be discovered along the way, but,
ultimately, what they both found was just a big old mess in desperate need
of a do-over."