New season of Doctor Who ranting (some spoilers)

[Rusty Bucket]

Overall, I prefer this season so far. I really like Matt Smith and while I find Amy annoying at times, she really does have nice legs.

Call me shallow, but so long as she keeps wearing a skirt, I will continue watching the show.

I am quite enjoying this series. Matt Smith grew on me after the first episode. There's something about the way he acts that doesn't seem human, like he doesn't understand how they work. Whether that's intentional or not I'm not sure, but it's working.

 

[Keewa]

The vampires episode was pretty dreadful, haven't seen the latest one

Spoiler

Oh they're ALIENS, they're always aliens, can we have an episode where the (apparently) supernatural enemy isn't revealed to be an alien? Like with the Shakespeare Code in Martha's season (Shakespeares witches are just aliens) Grrrr.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

I think the new doctor is kind of ugly, David Tennant was hot (I'm straight by the way)

He is extremely skinny (his spine popped out of his back like Mr Burns!) and he had an odd-looking face. I'll never understand what people find attractive about him.

I'm a straight guy too btw.

When you say he, you mean David or the new doctor?

David Tennant.

*shudders*

How do you even notice? He wears a jacket all the time and the new doctor is just as skinny if not more, he's also paler then David was

He did a BBC drama 2-years-ago-ish, where he went a bit mad and stripped butt naked. Trust me, it's Mr Burns.

Well at least he doesn't do that in Doctor Who, or I should say never did it (cause he's gone now) so out of sight, out of mind

 

[Verlander]

The point of this Doctor is he isn't perfect like Tennent or Eccleston- at the end of Tennent's rein, he was being rash, making mistakes, undervaluing human life. This new Doctor is angry and "young", but desperate to do the right thing. The episode on the spaceship Britannia proved that when he had a massive go at Amy for making a decision for him. She is a perfect companion to him because she isn't as confused as he is, and can take a step back to evaluate things (apart from her personal life-the side story).

But I did think the ending to that episode was weak. The next few are better.

 

[The Diabolical Biz]

The new Doctor did have to follow Tennant though. Hard act to follow. Overall I like the latest one the best (Amy's Choice) That one left me guessing right to the close. So yeah look forward to that one.

 

[Larmo]

I think the new doctor is kind of ugly, David Tennant was hot (I'm straight by the way)

totaly agree (female so i can say that)

 

[Sampler]

One thing that the Doctor has always stood for since the reboot is his hatred of guns, simply won't take one in both Chris and Daves Doctors but Matt's quick enough to take a side arm in the Angles episode - what was wrong with using his sonic screwdriver to bust it - oh yeah, doesn't make for as interesting trailer, a throw away line of dialogue could've helped but they never bothered.

Not a big fan of Matt Smith, as others have said, it's not like he's taken the Doctor and made his own character, he's far too similar to Tennant, the differences are too subtle - especially when you look back at the differences to some of the Doctors.

 

[icarusfountain]

[...]the Angels when their ROCK limbs move, which shits all over the scariness of the angels.

This ruined the entire concept of the Angels to me. The weirdest/creepiest part of the Angels when we were first introduced to them was that, even when people turned away from them, they remained as stone while they were on screen. It gave the audience a sense of immersion, as if as long as WE could see them, they remained phase-locked as "statues." That feeling of immersion was shattered when, all of a sudden, we watch the stone statues move.

And I wasn't sure what was meant earlier when someone commented that "walk like you see them" is a flaw; whether it was intended as "it's a flaw in the Angels, that they can be tricked" or as "this stupid plot device was a flaw in the writing." I felt it was the latter, as I was under the impression that the Angels had no conscious control of their phase, that this was more a matter of them simply being observed forcing them into stasis. IE, there is no "convincing" them that they're being watched; either they are or are not. E.G., they weren't able to move while video cameras were viewing them, until there was a glitch in the video feed and they weren't visible for a fraction of a second. How would they "know" that they were being watched on monitors? They wouldn't. However, their photons were being detected/observed/recorded, so they were simply locked in a state.

*shrug* Just my two cents.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

Am the only person who could care less about dr. who?

 

[The_Eskimo]

personally i like the new doctor. he is much better than ecleston who was a bumbling moron and although tennant was awesome he couldnt pick companions. plus amy in a very good actor

 

[conflictofinterests]

I was also quite perturbed by just how thick the Doctor has become. I mean, I understand if Dr. Song shows him up a time or two, but they both ought to be a mile ahead of me.

Also, in "Blink," the Weeping Angels never really came across as all that terrifying. Sure, you got sent back in time a couple decades, but you still got to live your life out, and with the Doctor being a GODDAMN TIME TRAVELER they seemed even more impotent. So when he was loosing his head over an army of them, sure, an army of anything seems a little intimidating, but seriously, they seem low level enough for him to pull on his big-boy pants and wade through them.

 

[the1ultimate]

It remains to be seen for me whether or not tying the season arc this deeply into all the episodes of the season itself works well.

I like what the writers are doing with implication though; it counters <a href=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/100438-Pratchett-Attacks-Doctor-Who> Pratchett's rant on Doctor Who which was basically that you should be able to see where a good plot is going, otherwise it seems like Deus Ex Machina.

I do agree that the ending of Flesh and Stone could have been better because the Doctor didn't actually defeat the angels, they defeated themselves.

The Eleventh Hour is still my favourite episode this season.

 

[Orcus The Ultimate]

The Doctor Who's serie actor makes me laugh so much with his wierd howl looks!

 

[Hashime]

I'm really digging Amy Pond thus far. The new doctor isn't great though,I miss tenant.

Something that really bugs me about Doctor Who is their constant need to go back to cardiff or London every four episodes. You have a machine that can manipulate time and space!! They could at least try filming in America for a change. It's like the whole world revolves around Cardiff and London.

And how many American shows go to London? It is a localization issue. Fringe for example will not admit (in the show) it is in Vancouver because the American public would be less interested. The same principle applies.

 

[animeconquerer]

While I don't find this recent season to be any worse than the previous, I think that the combination of Steven Moffat as the head writer doesn't work that well when combined with Matt Smith's acting. Moffat has a much darker and edgy tone, while Matt Smith as the Doctor comes off as light hearted, and his attempts at acting completely serious always seem to be a bit off.

That being said though, the show is still really well done and completely enthralling.

 

[Flaming Geek]

The Daleks are as much a part of Doctor Who as the Doctor himself, get over it. But the bright primary colors just make me facepalm. They're supposed to be scary! You just don't get that with bright colors.

I'm still getting a feel for how Matt Smith compares to his two predecessors, so no opinion there yet.

I think Moffat's great, to be honest, but to compare him to RTD just doesn't work. They have very different styles. To say that Moffat's so much better because of his style is just a display of your own preferences. I found both of their MOs to be very appealing.

I have a couple of problems with Amy thus far, as I've had with all the companions (except maybe Donna, she rocked the house with DT). The end of The Beast Below was kinda dumb, with the parallel between the Star Whale and the Doctor too overblown. I realize this is to show that Amy humanizes the Doc and counterbalances some of his flaws, but this was not the way to show that.

The second is that she acts so superior to the Doctor while being about even less useful than most of the other companions so far. She talks a big talk but walks a small walk. I do not like it.

 

[-Saint]

It's worth pointing out if you're in America, BBC America cuts out portions of banter between characters to make room for commercials. They only cut out what they feel is unnecessary to the plot, but it's bothersome if you're any kind of Dr. Who fan. I recommend torrenting the files on Sunday, it avoids the cuts and you are up to date sooner.

 

[Stryc9]

I prefer Rory to Mickey. It felt a lot like Mickey was only there for Rose to run away from in the first episode and to then go the the alternate dimention in the second series. Rory seems like he could have some interesting character growth and after Amys Choice, he will hopefully be complaining a bit less.

Overall, I prefer this season so far. I really like Matt Smith and while I find Amy annoying at times, she really does have nice legs.

For me it's not about preferring one over the other so much as it is that I just don't like the companion having anyone they're attached to when they leave with the Doctor, Martha had no one when she first traveled with the Doctor and neither did Donna and it seemed to make the seasons flow better than having to go back to the present day every couple of episodes for some bullshit reason and drag a boyfriend\fiancee back into the mix, who in the end just spends all their time bitching and whining and playing second fiddle to the Doctor.