Re-watching all the reboot episodes, and I am struck again by just how awful Catherine Tate is. Dreadful self-conscious overacting, a thoroughly objectionable persona.
The thing is - the storyline is great, the Ood planet convincing, the Ood themselves well-conceived, Tim Macinerny a convincing villain, and David Tennant brilliant as always. All my stars go to those things, but the whole is let down by CT, who thankfully doesn't last too long.
When I think of the extraordinary companions Rose & Martha, what were the casting directors thinking !!!
Review of Planet of the Ood
