Since I’m a bit behind the ball I got to make this quick. The 6^th episode of the Moffat era has come and gone and for the most part was an entertaining adventure but it had it’s flaws. The Vampires of Venice was your typical Monster of the Week fare but don’t let that deter you Vampires is a fun episode that is more then it appears on the surface.

It's not exactly Twilight

Vampires is written by Toby Whitehouse who is the creator of Being Human, the fantastic BBC show about a Vampire, Werewolf and Ghost who live together, so he should know how to write Vampires correct? Well yes if you’ve watched Being Human you know that Whithouse has a command of Vampires but things aren’t so black and white in Doctor Who. The Vampires in Who aren’t your typical fare, without spoiling things too much, Vampires in Venice is about so much more than Vampires.

These girls are attractive, minus those choppers

The Doctor rules yet another episode he has some great lines that are almost like a verbal wink to fans of the longest running sci-fi show in history. The Doctor also makes one of his greatest entrances ever, those who saw it must surely agree. The villains of the episode are cool enough but arnt as fleshed out as I would have liked (and expected) however Rory (Amy’s groom to be) does get to time to shine. He’s a much better Companion’s Companion then Mikey was in the first series, ideally there will be some more time for Rory in the spotlight. I think there is a lot more to Rory then meets the eye, hints have been dropped throughout, the question is how much more is there to him? Amy has a so-so episode, nothing bad mind you but also nothing to fantastical, other than another snogging session that makes me wish I was in the bloke’s shows.

The Doctor looks quite excited, I'd be to with all those gals running around

The story had it’s silly parts part overall it delivered enough fun to enjoy the episode. I’s rank this on the lower end of episodes this series but that’s not a knock, all the episodes have been pretty strong, if anything it speaks volumes about the rest of the episodes. I’d rank it 5^th out of the 6 episodes so far, with The Beast Below coming in lower. Like I said I enjoy the episode but as far as the series overall is concerned it’s on the bottom.

The preview for this weeks episode looked amazing, "The Dream Lord" ehhh, can’t wait!

Overall Score

6.5 out of 10

Sinatra enjoys The Vampires of Venice