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Overview

First aired

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Production Code

3.9, 3.10

Written by

Phil Ford

Directed by

Joss Agnew

Runtime

60 minutes

Time Travel

Present

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

LGBTQA+

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Earth, England, London

UK Viewers

1.12 million

Synopsis

Strange forces bring the Mona Lisa, on exhibit at an art gallery in London, to life. Luke, Clyde and Rani are at the gallery on a school trip as the Mona Lisa rampages with a Sontaran blaster...

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Probably my least favorite episode so far. It has interesting ideas, but I don't think it was executed well.


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If you ignore the unfunny and totally misjudged characterisation of Mona Lisa herself (not the actors fault, they follow the instructions given to them) this is a fairly good story. The out there, comedy Yorkshirewoman gun wielding Mona Lisa seemed to come from nowhere and never managed to justify itself. Another good story for Clyde, showing a bit more of his vulnerability and appreciation of art.


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AVG. Rating160 members
3.41 / 5

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AVG. Rating47 votes
3.96 / 5

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AVG. Rating35 votes
3.50 / 5

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HARDING: Ever since man first drew on cave walls, all any artist ever wanted to do was breathe life into what they created. Can't you appreciate the wonder of what has happened today?

CLYDE: Can't you appreciate that she's nuts?

MONA LISA: Standing right here, boys.

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Part One

[Art classroom]

(Clyde is finishing a sketch of K9.)

LUKE: I don't know how you do that.
CLYDE: You've either got it, or you haven't, Lukey-boy. You see, art isn't something you can learn.
LUKE: Surely it's a matter of bio-mechanical transference of what the eye sees to paper? In the end, it all comes down to geometry.
CLYDE: You see, there's your problem. You work up here, you're all science and logic and Spocky stuff like that, but you can't break art down into maths.
LUKE: Everything comes down to maths.
CLYDE: See, not art. Art is in the soul. You don't think it, you feel it.

(The headmaster enters.)


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