@velvetthunder C'mon, that last bit was written perfectly fine, modern even. He said he was leaving a voice message on purpose, not that she had missed his call. Anyone with a smartphone can verify you can do that using a multitude of built-in or downloaded apps and that an incoming call would push the app away and halt the recording.
Review by VelvetThunderVIP 7BlockedParent2022-04-17T23:09:53Z
Very rarely do I give sub-5 ratings, I tend to find some positives. This is a 2 and that's generous. The only good thing in his episode is the costume design (and some of the production design - they clearly ran out of budget when it came to the Sea Devil's machinery thing, so tacky).
The editing was the biggest offender (I suppose coupled with the direction), nothing flowed right. The fight scenes were laughably bad. I don't think there was a single shot where the attacker and defender were in the same frame, it always cut from one to the other as they attacked. So bad. And then there's the plot, or lack thereof. It's weird, the episode simultaneously felt like it had parts cut out of it but also was struggling to fill its runtime. I don't know how they managed that, but trust Chibnall to find a way, I guess. But yes, the threat was hilariously nonsensical (poles swapping would cause the ice to melt and flood everything? Both of those consequences are entirely wrong).
Oh and they couldn't even get the little things right? The phone ringing despite him using it for an outgoing call at the same time? For crying out loud, does no one check the script at all?!