Doctor Who Season 6

[AMMO Kid]

I just finished watching season 6 the other day. I've preferred Matt Smith over David Tennant since the end of season 5, so I was a little bias going into season 6 and I wanted to hear other opinions on the whole season and maybe individual episodes as well.

 

[octafish]

The writing is a bit hit or miss, some good bits but some terrible parts. Rory and Amy just accepting the fate of their daughter was really poor stuff. Terrible really.

I like Matt Smith, he seems like an alien, it is what the Doctor needs. Good shout outs to Doctors Three and Four in the Ganger double shot. Even more call backs in The Doctor's Wife, Gaiman is such a nerd.

Once again River Song proves herself more annoying than Adric, Tegan and Nyssa combined, it is a shame Alex Kingston is saddled with such an annoying character, she is a decent actress.

 

[requisitename]

I think Matt Smith is a fantastic actor, but I've been really disappointed by the writing/directing/etc. of the entire Moffat era so far. I feel it lacks cohesion and I dislike the fact that, in order to make a lot of things make sense, I have to fanwank like hell. In my opinion, he tends to rely on cheap gimmicks instead of the actual substance that made me love the show to begin with.

I remain ever hopeful of a complete turnaround, however.

 

[Zhadramekel]

I didn't think it was too bad but it was nothing special either. My favourite episode had to be the pirate one though. The ending really tugged the old heartstrings y'know. Plus that healer spirit was badass.
Although I have to admit, my least favourite was Let's Kill Hitler. I know he wasn't the point of the episode but Hitler spent the whole episode shut in a cupboard.

 

[MercurySteam]

I dunno, you watch David Tennant portray The Doctor as a legend, then Matt Smith comes along and The Doctor is all of a sudden a childish and spazzy weirdo (not exactly a bad thing, in his case), with three companions. You've got No. 10 who's just awesome and you've got No. 11 who's funny, and a tad strange. The only issue is that interest Matt Smith's character is starting to wear thin. David Tennant never had that issue and was amazing right up to his regeneration.

I hope season 7 puts my doubts to rest.

 

[Bassik]

Overall my friends and I really loved the 6th season of Doctor Who, some episodes like The Impossible Astronaut two-parter, Let''s Kill Hitler, the Doctor's Wife and the God Complex were among the best yet, in my opinion.
But then you had the stupid "love conquers all" gimmick that was way, way overused. It felled really out of place, too, usually following an episode that made some daring moves and had balls.
The worst offender was obviously closing time. Not spoiling it, if you have seen the episode you know exactly were it went all horribly wrong. Only when the plot of the episode was over did it become good again, and you can clearly see what bit was written by Moffat.

The Silence (Both the scary monsters and their entourage) could have been the greatest villains of the new series, too bad we didn't see or learn enough about them, they felled wasted.
I hope they return some day, as I feel they've got a lot of unfinished business.

Matt Smith was great, that man was born to play the Doctor and can easily hold his own against the old Doctors, something Chris Eccleston and David Tennant struggled a bit more with, again in my opinion.

I loved the companions, Amy, Rory and River. Mells was fun too, she was literally shoe-horned in, not just story wise (Witch would have been terrible) but also in the logic of the plot (Witch was awesome).

All in all a great season, but some episodes just sucked.

 

[silver wolf009]

To be honest, the thing I thought would never happen, happened with the eleventh doctor; I stopped watching. I joined with the ninth doctor, and never missed an episode all the way through about halfway into Matt's doctor. But at that point, I couldn't stay interested. Matt is a GREAT doctor, don't get me wrong, but the companions, especially Riversong, were just murder for the show. There were good episodes, but half of the characters I didn't really care about, I hated a fourth, and the last fourth, the one who's the title character, really felt... Well, in my opinion, buried by the others.

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Actually, I have a question that maybe you guys can answer. The Cybermen; how did that ship under the mall get to earth? Weren't their strand originally from an alternate universe, and if they managed to avoid the end of season two, how? They never SAID they were from the faction that originated in the older series, and they have the Lumus logo on their chests, so I wouldn't expect that...

If any of you guys can clear this up for me, I'd be very thankful.

 

[Autumnflame]

hes making his name for himself. following chris and david would always be a challenge.

his acting is quite good. the writing of the scripts is the let down at times

 

[brunothepig]

Quick spoiler warning here, just in case someone is browsing this thread without having seen the sixth season, for some reason.

I didn't realise how much people hated the new companions. I actually really like all of them. My favourite companions from the new series, but then maybe that's just because after Donna anything would be an improvement.
As for the sixth season, not my favourite. Matt Smith makes a great Doctor, but the second half seemed to kind of fall apart. There were some good ones, the Silence were done really well, can't wait to see more of them, and there seems to be more callbacks to the old series, such as the Doctor calling up the Brigadier, his allies, and some jokes as well such as in the Ganger episode.

The weirdest thing, as someone said above, Rory and Amy seem to shrug off never getting to actually raise their daughter alarmingly easily. The blow is probably softened by knowing your daughter is safe now, but still.

All in all, I still loved this season, can't wait for the next one yadda yadda yadda. I just don't think it was the best season of Doctor Who.

 

[Weealzabob]

I liked it quite abit myself. Matt Smith improving in the role helped alot. He started, in my opinion, pretty gutless and lame, just treading the same track as previous Doctors, but he's distancing himself from his predecessors and he's fitting the roles quite nicely.

And while this season is not without it's faults, I really enjoyed it.

 

[Frybird]

It had some episodes that were either lame or just kinda bad, and the Ganger Story would've probably worked better as a single episode, AND the finale was expectedly a cop-out, BUT it still had some great episodes, like the one with the aged and bitter Amy, the awesome premiere two-parter, the mid-season finale and the Neil Gaiman Episode.

I liked the previous season a bit better, but still greatly enjoyed this one.

 

[Mana Fiend]

I have mixed feelings about series 6. I love Matt Smith as the Doctor. For me, Doctors 9, 10 and 11 have had a very interesting arc:

Eccleston's Doctor was a man wounded by war, but when he finally let that go he became the most loving Tennant, but one who still had that fire. However, by the time he'd experienced all that death and loss, he became Smith, who really lives in the moment because he knows it can be taken away any moment.

As for season 6, it feels very cobbled together. RTD, for all his faults, could really make a season flow, mostly through one common subtle factor (like Mr. Saxon or Bad Wolf). Moffat doesn't seem to have that talent, although he is better and bringing together individual ideas from each episode. His work on Sherlock is better because it's a tight run of 3 episodes. With something as expansive as Doctor Who he seems to struggle.

However, there were some stunning episodes. The Girl Who Waited and The Doctor's Wife are particular standouts. The actors are always a joy to watch (and Rory is my favourite male companion, and second-favourite companion after Donna). It's still always great fun to watch, but I think the problem is Moffat. He treats his audience as both smart and dumb at once, he seems to have his own ideas and is fixated on making them central. It would be fine if he was writing the entire show, but he puts in so many twists and turns which he simply can't control as well when he only writes 5 out of 13 episodes per series.

So yes, that's my view.

 

[lord.jeff]

Actually, I have a question that maybe you guys can answer. The Cybermen; how did that ship under the mall get to earth? Weren't their strand originally from an alternate universe, and if they managed to avoid the end of season two, how? They never SAID they were from the faction that originated in the older series, and they have the Lumus logo on their chests, so I wouldn't expect that...

If any of you guys can clear this up for me, I'd be very thankful.

The Cyberman got created in are universe as well but for the most part got wiped out, in fact if you watch the first episode with them from the new series the Doctor show a familiarity with them, the ship under the mall could be explained by it being a ship of the original Cyberman.

Truthfully I didn't care much for the new series the focus on the season plot is a little to strong in each episode and I wasn't worried about the Doctor dieing at all throughout the season he's the Doctor everyone knows he wont die.

 

[silver wolf009]

Actually, I have a question that maybe you guys can answer. The Cybermen; how did that ship under the mall get to earth? Weren't their strand originally from an alternate universe, and if they managed to avoid the end of season two, how? They never SAID they were from the faction that originated in the older series, and they have the Lumus logo on their chests, so I wouldn't expect that...

If any of you guys can clear this up for me, I'd be very thankful.

The Cyberman got created in are universe as well but for the most part got wiped out, in fact if you watch the first episode with them from the new series the Doctor show a familiarity with them, the ship under the mall could be explained by it being a ship of the original Cyberman.

Truthfully I didn't care much for the new series the focus on the season plot is a little to strong in each episode and I wasn't worried about the Doctor dieing at all throughout the season he's the Doctor everyone knows he wont die.

Okay, I had suspected, but I couldn't remember them saying they were from our universe's band. Still doesn't explain the Lumus symbol, but all well, using old costumes to save time.

Still don't like the fact that they got rid of the old conversion method, and just made it a suit of armor. Did our versions use the extracting of the brain and not just covering the body too? I think they did, but I can't remember.

 

[davros3000]

I really enjoyed the series. Its much better than the over simplistic sci fi mcguffin period of Tennant. As great as Tennant is as an actor, I feel that Smith has been allowed to give him some more character by the writing.

As for the idea that Moffat's work isn't up to scratch with that of Russell T Davies, well what? Over the past two series there has been a move away from the 'planet is always in danger' reliance. A number of episodes only really endangered that cast, and got rid of the OTT problem or fallback that RTD had. Also, so far there has been little reliance on the old enemies and some fun ideas (Spitfires in space) and its nice to hear the words 'Tally-Ho' not being used in some self aware irony way.

I haven't felt a problem with the continuity at all. RTD kept slapping you in the face with it or using mcguffins to explain away plot holes. Moffat has tried a more subtle approach, to the point where the past two seasons have been a long story in themselves so he controlled a story line over 27 episodes, not 13. RTD failed on that one. Not that I'm picking on him, bringing this joy back from my childhood is always something I'll always be thankful for.

Looking forward to what they go for now with the series.

 

[mightybozz]

To me it feels like some individual episodes can be great, but Moffat's storyline over the whole series is dire. For instance, the Doctor's Wife was brilliant (probably because it was written by Neil Gaiman). The Silence - what a brilliant idea for a villain!

But I never, never, ever gave a monkey's or even quite got what was going on with the whole River Song, daughter, doctor's death and all of the doctor's enemies joining up to defeat him (again). And when I watched the last episode, I didn't even realise that that was supposed to be the finale. Not a good sign.

Having said all that, I do like the idea, established at the end of the series, of the doctor having to be more circumspect in his dealings from now on, and avoid drawing attention to himself. The writing for Matt Smith's character has been rather lazy. Constant universe destruction stories so that we all have to sympathise with him because, hey, we live in the universe. Hopefully we'll see some smaller, more developed adventures from now on.

 

[ParanoidEngineer]

The emotions were destroyed at the end of the series.
All development was for naught.

The Doctor was supposed to accept his death, then thought "OOH, WAY OUT, LET'S TAKE IT!"
*facepalm*

 

[faranar]

Every doctor has their own thing. I'm a fan of Tennant, but Smith wasn't that bad either. As for the companions Amy and Rory are my favourite, but I also didn't like River.

The 6th season was good, but had a lot of loose ends - my biggest problem was "A Good Man Goes to War". The Doctor's "army" consisted of all those obscure characters - where was Capitan Jack? They could have also pulled Mickey into the mess.

Another thing I don't get is how are they going to continue the show without revealing that the Doctor isn't dead. Because "the doctor dies at the fixed point of time on 22 April 2011 at Lake Silencio" and everyone knows that, even the time travelling cops. So if that doesn't actually happen and he continues to save the Earth and the Universe and Time itself, how come no one notices? OK his timeline is a little twisted so they could write of his new adventures as thing he did before he dies that just now turn up. But what about future regenerations? If there ever is a twelfth Doctor the time cops and the other time travelling races should know about it. And if everyone knows that the Doctor doesn't die at Lake Silencio why do they even try to kill him, and why do they lock River up for his murder?

 

[VoidWanderer]

I much preferred David Tenant over Matt Smith.

Dr Who number 10 seemed more plausible for a 900+ year old immortal who has become sick of the way the universe is, kind of like the maid getting sick and tired of cleaning up the mess all the time. And with him ducking away from any applause for it, I found quite cool.

With No. 11 he seems like a kid who just learned a new trick and he is sooo pleased with himself, it was infuriating. That and the 'third wheel' Rory, ugh... While Rory has slightly raised himself in my eyes, he still shouldn't be there, IMO.

Matt Smith is still a very good doctor, but I still enjoyed David Tenant.

 

[somonels]

I like Rory, that wraps up everything I have to say about seasons five and six. At least I can look forward to the seventh as Smith's supposedly quitting.