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Really, it's sad though that Last of the Time Lords sucked as bad as it did. I didn't even think it was so bad until everyone thinking about the Doctor magically managed to fix his situation without so much as an explanation why. People say Moffat relies too much on Deus ex Machina? RTD did it first, he did it worse.
Really, all it needed was some kind of technobabble expository dialogue explaining that all those people were providing the Doctor with enough of a psychic boost to break through to some kind of failsafe system in the Tardis that he couldn't reach before because the Master was blocking it. Or something like that.
Either that or it needed a Dalek. The good season finales all seem to have at least one Dalek in them. (End of Time didn't have a Dalek, but seeing as how it wasn't technically a season finale so much as a New Year's special, and considering it had Wilfred Mott, I still liked it fairly well).
Really, all it needed was some kind of technobabble expository dialogue explaining that all those people were providing the Doctor with enough of a psychic boost to break through to some kind of failsafe system in the Tardis that he couldn't reach before because the Master was blocking it. Or something like that.
Either that or it needed a Dalek. The good season finales all seem to have at least one Dalek in them. (End of Time didn't have a Dalek, but seeing as how it wasn't technically a season finale so much as a New Year's special, and considering it had Wilfred Mott, I still liked it fairly well).
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The Master is more than enough to make up for The Daleks, and he's in both.TheDoctor wrote:Really, it's sad though that Last of the Time Lords sucked as bad as it did. I didn't even think it was so bad until everyone thinking about the Doctor magically managed to fix his situation without so much as an explanation why. People say Moffat relies too much on Deus ex Machina? RTD did it first, he did it worse.
Really, all it needed was some kind of technobabble expository dialogue explaining that all those people were providing the Doctor with enough of a psychic boost to break through to some kind of failsafe system in the Tardis that he couldn't reach before because the Master was blocking it. Or something like that.
Either that or it needed a Dalek. The good season finales all seem to have at least one Dalek in them. (End of Time didn't have a Dalek, but seeing as how it wasn't technically a season finale so much as a New Year's special, and considering it had Wilfred Mott, I still liked it fairly well).
Personally, all I wanted were three things.
1. A decent explanation for the Doctor's revival.
2. The Doctor reviving in a much more subtle way than the overt Christ symbolism they used. The 10th Doctor worked his best at his most flawed and vulnerable - building him up as some mythical figure usually ends badly.
3. Not focusing on Martha Jones for 90% of the episode, being that she is a largely uninteresting character and arguably the worst New Who companion to date, not that Clara Oswald isn't trying her hardest to steal that position.
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Agreed about Martha being one of the worst companions. She was just kind of boring. Now, if they had written her as someone who was just in it for the adventure as opposed to someone who was yet again pining for the Doctor, she would have been much better (actually, I once read a fan rewrite of season three where Rose didn't get stuck in an AU but was able to continue her travels with the Doctor, and they still brought Martha along for the ride and she became kind of like a shipper on deck. It was a marked improvement if you ask me).
I still say Amy was worse though. At least Martha was just bland, Amy had too much of a personality and attempted to overshadow the Doctor at every turn (and let's not forget her escapade at the end of Flesh and Stone/The Time of Angels).
Say what you will about Clara, but I actually rather liked her during 11th's run. The two of them had pretty good chemistry together. I'd probably still like her a lot if it weren't for her subplot-masquerading-as-a-mainplot "romance" with Danny Pink. The two of them have absolutely no chemistry whatsoever, and I'd much rather see how Clara and 12th's relationship differed from her's and 11th's without the P.E. teacher being there as a distraction.
I am NOT saying I want to see Clara and 12th in a flirty or romantic relationship. I think that would just be weird. But I think she would have worked well as the Donna to 12th's 10th. (I would like to point out that Donna had no romantic feelings toward the Doctor, nor did she have any romantic subplot aside from her first and last episodes, yet she was my favorite full-time companion in the series. Think there might be a connection?)
Not saying romance should never be included in Doctor Who. I enjoyed Rose and 10th for the most part, and likely would have enjoyed Clara and 11th if it ever went anywhere beyond flirting. Amy and Rory could have been good if it weren't for them making it look like there was a love triangle with the Doctor, even after they got married. Heck, I might even enjoy 12th and River if they decide to bring her in at some point. But I just don't think romance is a necessary component in the show. At the end of the day, I'm watching the show for the fantastic adventures and the monsters. Romance is little more than DLC.
I still say Amy was worse though. At least Martha was just bland, Amy had too much of a personality and attempted to overshadow the Doctor at every turn (and let's not forget her escapade at the end of Flesh and Stone/The Time of Angels).
Say what you will about Clara, but I actually rather liked her during 11th's run. The two of them had pretty good chemistry together. I'd probably still like her a lot if it weren't for her subplot-masquerading-as-a-mainplot "romance" with Danny Pink. The two of them have absolutely no chemistry whatsoever, and I'd much rather see how Clara and 12th's relationship differed from her's and 11th's without the P.E. teacher being there as a distraction.
I am NOT saying I want to see Clara and 12th in a flirty or romantic relationship. I think that would just be weird. But I think she would have worked well as the Donna to 12th's 10th. (I would like to point out that Donna had no romantic feelings toward the Doctor, nor did she have any romantic subplot aside from her first and last episodes, yet she was my favorite full-time companion in the series. Think there might be a connection?)
Not saying romance should never be included in Doctor Who. I enjoyed Rose and 10th for the most part, and likely would have enjoyed Clara and 11th if it ever went anywhere beyond flirting. Amy and Rory could have been good if it weren't for them making it look like there was a love triangle with the Doctor, even after they got married. Heck, I might even enjoy 12th and River if they decide to bring her in at some point. But I just don't think romance is a necessary component in the show. At the end of the day, I'm watching the show for the fantastic adventures and the monsters. Romance is little more than DLC.
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Dark Water is easily the best episode of series 8 and if this goes the way of Last of the Time Lords I will personally strangle Moffat with his own scrotum.
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Seconded. I was completely shocked when they explained who Missy was. Part one was an excellent buildup, and I'm really looking forward to seeing how it ends.
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TheDoctor wrote:Seconded. I was completely shocked when they explained who Missy was. Part one was an excellent buildup, and I'm really looking forward to seeing how it ends.
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Disappointed that Eternals weren't coming back. =(
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"In the Forest of the Night" is now the second lowest-rated Doctor Who episode on IMDB, just above "Fear Her".
Says it all, really.
Says it all, really.
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I would be okay with that, or...
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