![]() ![]() Sometimes this is really clever, and sometimes it feels a little too clever or gets a little too sweet in its loving homage. This episode unashamedly goes over-the-top in its mimicry of the 1920s and '30s mystery genre. This means that the long scene near the end in which the Doctor and Agatha Christie solve the mystery, while fun in its evocation of a genre-staple scene, seems a little unnecessary. ![]() ![]() The main failing of "The Unicorn and the Wasp" is that, in an episode about a mystery writer getting involved in a real mystery, the actual mystery and alien-involvement plots get a little bit of the short shrift. David Tennant's Doctor is in his element here in the earlier decades of the twentieth century, jumping into the mystery with relish, and it makes one wish he would spend more time in this time period. ![]() Fenella Woolgar is perfectly suited to the piece and very believable in her performance as Agatha Christie, and the script is an extremely witty one. It's greatest strengths, I think, are in its idyllic evocation of upper-class 1920s England and the sheer blithe charm that it brings along with this. I recently rewatched this episode to find that a lot of elements worked very well indeed. ![]()
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