Day 580: Arc of Infinity Part 1

I was all set to enjoy Arc of Infinity. After Time-Flight brought new lows to Doctor Who, I was hopeful. Nothing could be worse than Time-Flight, I thought. And then, three minutes in. We meet two young teenagers, Robin and Colin, going backpacking through Amsterdam. Neither of these young men are particularly good at acting. Every line that they say is so unnatural that you become convinced that the characters are actually aliens who have come to invade Earth via Amsterdam. This isn't helped by the dialogue, which is written as if Johnny Byrne, the writer, has completely forgotten how to write for human beings and instead writes soley for alien creatures or the like, with lines like "The Dutch are a very civilised race" coming across as, whilst perfectly grammatically correct and effectively communicating the point, unlike anything that any normal human being would say. And then, halfway trough this episode, just as I can't believe that it can get any worse, something truly abysmal happens. Something that demands an entry all of its own to talk about...