Review of Doctor Who-A Christmas Carol

I have to preface this post with the fact that I am a Who whore. I love every corner of the Whoniverse, good, bad and in-between. There was certainly a lot of buildup to this, as there is for every Christmas special. Being a screenwriter myself I HATE SPOILERS! I know people are curious and want to be in-the-know but consder this-the writer spent weeks, months even years agonizing over the story. It has a certain structure and flow that doesn't work when you know about one part but not what came before it. AnyWho, I did not read a single article or watch a single interview or preview. I need to watch it a few more times to form a complete opinion so this is merely my first impressions. I really liked Moffat's new take on the classic Christmas Carol story,using the concept of the three ghosts to interweave the subplot of Amy and Rory's disasterous honeymoon was very clever. The casting of Michael Gambon was quite a coup and Katherine Jenkins was positively evanescent. I actually didn't know who she was before viewing and assumed she was just a pretty actress lyp-synching but turns out that amazing voice belongs to that amazing face! What I didn't like was the dialogue-Mr. Moffat is capable of such better writing that it's hard to believe he actually wrote it.  I also was not overly thrilled with Matt Smith's performance. He also is capable of much, much better. Hey man, you're standing next to Michael Gambon you bring your A-game. Smith began his tenure as the Doctor so strongly, really exhibiting how the experience with 11 was different from the experience with the much beloved 10. Of course, as I said earlier he didn't have a great script to work with and I don't know how much the director influenced Smith's performance. But, as I said before I am a Who whore and I really enjoyed it. Hey, it's great to have any Doctor Who on telly! I think Moffet needs to mature a bit as the head honcho for the show. He clearly has much talent but I don't think he's quite to the level that RTD was at when he left. I'm really looking forward to series 6. Ood! And more on the mystery of River Song! Overall this was probably the worst thing Moffet has written but everyone has off days, especially when he has so much responsibility on the side as executive producer and has so many episodes to his credit already. Roll on series 6!