The premise for flatline was very good. The 2D monsters were very menacing. This episode should have become a classic.
It didn't matter that the Doctor rarely appeared - "Blink" achieved cult status. Coleman gave her best performance of the series up to then.
One thing ruined it. Halfway through episode, the monsters became 3D. It was chilling. But in the end - you have a perfectly good idea - never done on Doctor Who before - so why suddenly make the monsters a lot more ordinary? Before, even though you could hardly see the monsters, the flatlanders (or boneless as BBC has stupidly called them were a very deadly enemy who kept you tense. It's just a shame the second half of the episode failed to keep up the creativity of the first.
It didn't matter that the Doctor rarely appeared - "Blink" achieved cult status. Coleman gave her best performance of the series up to then.
One thing ruined it. Halfway through episode, the monsters became 3D. It was chilling. But in the end - you have a perfectly good idea - never done on Doctor Who before - so why suddenly make the monsters a lot more ordinary? Before, even though you could hardly see the monsters, the flatlanders (or boneless as BBC has stupidly called them were a very deadly enemy who kept you tense. It's just a shame the second half of the episode failed to keep up the creativity of the first.