{"id":28945,"date":"2022-06-24T15:49:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T15:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/doctor-who-legend-of-the-sea-devils-review-a-rollicking-easter-romp\/"},"modified":"2022-06-24T15:49:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T15:49:02","slug":"doctor-who-legend-of-the-sea-devils-review-a-rollicking-easter-romp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/entertainment\/doctor-who-legend-of-the-sea-devils-review-a-rollicking-easter-romp\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Doctor Who: Legend of the Sea Devils’ review: A rollicking Easter romp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doctor Who Legend Of The Sea Devils (BBC)\u201cA big standalone bank holiday action romp for all the family,\u201d is how outgoing Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall talked up this second of Jodie Whittaker\u2019s last lap run of specials. And yes, in many ways, he\u2019s bang-on, as Legend of the Sea Devils was indeed a rollicking, Hollywood-chasing swashbuckler with just the right dusting of colour and bombast.If the episode felt a tad throwaway, then maybe that\u2019s what we needed after the brain-melting gloom of Eve of the Daleks. And if that New Year\u2019s Day special sometimes felt like a sweet echo from the Steven Moffat era with its baroque, puzzle box plotting, this one was much more inclusive, a simple, straight-shooting Doctor Who adventure that wasn\u2019t just playing to the swots.Doctor Who has paddled in pirate waters before, of course, with 2011\u2019s Hugh Bonn… Click below to read the full story from Yahoo Movies UK
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Doctor Who Legend Of The Sea Devils (BBC)\u201cA big standalone bank holiday action romp for all the family,\u201d is how outgoing Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall talked up this second of Jodie Whittaker\u2019s last lap run of specials. 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