Doctor Who 2013
- Thread starter Bouncy Castle
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Well I don't know. I'm sure there have been moments when she's expressed awe, but I don't quite understand why it's necessary for that to be a big part of how a companion is portrayed. I know that's been a big part of the portrayal of the previous post-2005 companions, but I'm not sure why it has to be. 
But if it doesn't work for you like this, that's fair enough.
Just a bit ...
Especially since the budget cuts under the current government.
Well, I'm glad they did it, even if it could have been done more slickly if they'd had more resources. Classic Doctor Who was always about setting out to tell stories they didn't have anywhere near the budget for, but damn well doing it anyway.
I really loved the pre-credit sequence. It was just so nice to see so much of the classic Doctors on screen in the 50th anniversary year.
But if it doesn't work for you like this, that's fair enough.
Just a bit ...
Especially since the budget cuts under the current government.Well, I'm glad they did it, even if it could have been done more slickly if they'd had more resources.
Classic Doctor Who was always about setting out to tell stories they didn't have anywhere near the budget for, but damn well doing it anyway. I really loved the pre-credit sequence.
It was just so nice to see so much of the classic Doctors on screen in the 50th anniversary year. 
Good episode, could have been better (it was obvious that footage of the old Doctors had been spliced in whenever there weren't body doubles), but I liked the conclusion.
Best episodes? Cold War and The Crimson Horror, both by Mark Gatiss, coincidentally.
Worst episode? Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS.
But if we take last year's episodes into account, here are the best and worst for the seventh season.
Best: A Town Called Mercy, The Snowmen, Cold War, and The Crimson Horror.
Worst: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, The Power of Three and Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS.
The resolution of Clara's story was not unlike the Bad Wolf story arc, only this time, it actually made some sense.
Not only that, but my theory about the Great Intelligence turned out to be wrong after all! The Great Intelligence, when it scattered itself across the Doctor's timeline, did end up in the 17th century to take over Padmasambhava. I've never been so glad to be wrong, as I thought Moffat had stuffed up by having the Great Intelligence 'born' in the 19th century.
Not only that, but my theory about the Great Intelligence turned out to be wrong after all! The Great Intelligence, when it scattered itself across the Doctor's timeline, did end up in the 17th century to take over Padmasambhava. I've never been so glad to be wrong, as I thought Moffat had stuffed up by having the Great Intelligence 'born' in the 19th century.
Best episodes? Cold War and The Crimson Horror, both by Mark Gatiss, coincidentally.
Worst episode? Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS.
But if we take last year's episodes into account, here are the best and worst for the seventh season.
Best: A Town Called Mercy, The Snowmen, Cold War, and The Crimson Horror.
Worst: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, The Power of Three and Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS.
I'm going to rate them in terms of enjoyment, rather than any assessment of quality.
The ones I most enjoyed of the full series 7 - The Name Of The Doctor, A Town Called Mercy, The Angels Take Manhattan, The Snowmen, The Crimson Horror and Hide
Really quite enjoyed - Cold War, Asylum Of The Daleks, Dinosaurs On A Spaceship (silly, but fun), The Bells Of Saint John.
Indifferent, but I enjoyed bits of them - The Power Of Three, The Rings of Akhaten, Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS, Nightmare In Silver (which really did have some great bits, but just didn't turn out as well as it could have).
The ones I most enjoyed of the full series 7 - The Name Of The Doctor, A Town Called Mercy, The Angels Take Manhattan, The Snowmen, The Crimson Horror and Hide
Really quite enjoyed - Cold War, Asylum Of The Daleks, Dinosaurs On A Spaceship (silly, but fun), The Bells Of Saint John.
Indifferent, but I enjoyed bits of them - The Power Of Three, The Rings of Akhaten, Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS, Nightmare In Silver (which really did have some great bits, but just didn't turn out as well as it could have).
Ok faves: Crimson Horror, angels take Manhattan, Dinosaurs on a spaceship, snowmen, asylum of the daleks, town called mercy.
Enjoyed but could have been better: bells of St. John, rings of akhaten, Cold War, journey to the centre of the tardis, name of the doctor, nightmare in silver (last two more because of expectations)
Indifferent: hide, power of three (had to remind myself what it was about by far the weakest from season 7 IMHO)
Enjoyed but could have been better: bells of St. John, rings of akhaten, Cold War, journey to the centre of the tardis, name of the doctor, nightmare in silver (last two more because of expectations)
Indifferent: hide, power of three (had to remind myself what it was about by far the weakest from season 7 IMHO)
I can enjoy a dr who episode even if it is badly made, it just doesn't happen often. Take the episode where that ship smashes big Ben for example, that episode was pretty good, I clearly saw that the ship was cgi though. If I enjoy an episode I can overlook the bad stuff, eg. JNC obviously cut into the old episodes in the name of the dr, I thought it was a decent episode.
And the BBC news article with Matt Smith's full statement 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22741493
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22741493
