Don't get me wrong: David Tennant's Doctor was really good and I'm glad they resurrected the series, but Russell T Davies is an absolute shit writer. Here are some of his violations:
- The new Master is, in fact, not the Master, but the Joker sans the makeup skills and punchy one-liners. John Simm is an excellent actor, but all he does in Dr. Who is run around screaming his fucking head off and not being very clever or witty at all. The Master of old was a classy, clever villain who was mean in small clever ways with an eye on the big picture. Now he's just a raving lunatic with an apocalypse fetish. Also, we didn't need to see not one, but two close-ups of him eating.
- The Daleks keep coming back, bringing Apocalypse with them every time. Time and time again we're told they were disposed of along with the Time Lords (another glaring RTD cock-up) and yet periodically millions of them show up to attempt universal apocalypto yet again. We could have enjoyed Davros for years to come if you hadn't resurrected and then killed him in one episode, you mewling berk. For that matter, The Cybermen. Sure, the parallel universe angle was cool, but you know what? The Cybermen of this universe were just as lethal and had a more interesting backstory, and guess what, special effects have caught up enough to make them watchable too. How about something with them, eh?
- Other Dr. Who stuff from the old series is pretty much still out there. RTD had a wealth of things to work from, but either blew it (the Sontarans) or never touched on them again (the Ice Warriors, etc).
-Catherine Tate. She is difficult, if not impossible to both look at and listen to. Ever see her show? IT'S NOT FUNNY. Who was the best companion of the David Tennant series? Wilf. Watch the finale. I know, it blew, but watch it. See Wilf? See him take everything in stride, make himself useful, and easy to listen to not to mention funny (with excellent timing) where appropriate? See how Wilf has issues that make him sad, thoughtful, extremely brave and well-adjusted? Seem him wrestle with inner demons from his WWII experience? That's good TV.
-For you K-9 haters, wise up. Aside from sarcasticly sniping at whatever character was talking at the time (K9 knew when people were fucking morons, and told them so with reckless abandon) K9 was a fucking tank. He rolled around and fearlessly shot things with his nose laser. Then he shot them again. Then he hacked computers, fixed the Tardis, and did things R2-D2 only dreamed of. Well, the pre-Clone Wars R2, anyway.
- Captain Jack Harkness. He was sold to us as someone who'd screw _anything_ at the drop of a hat. You know what that means, Jack? Some time in the series, you're gonna have to kiss girls and jump genderless aliens, almost, if not more than you bugger men (including your butler.... sexual harassment suit, anyone?). Oh, and by the way, the sexual aspect of his character ISN'T NECESSARY to make him interesting: his cool, shadowy, angsty past and lack of ability to die does that. Focus on the parts of his character that make him interesting to watch (and the reason Torchwood was a good show) rather than him being the Glen Quagmire of the Dr. Who universe.
- LEAVE EARTH. The previous eight Doctors hung around the place, sure, but he left Earth a lot, and saved bunches of aliens that weren't even human. He even thwarted the Master on those planets. Some of the best stories were whodunit murder mysteries on alien worlds, attempts to save colonies, etc. You know why the Doctor is so famous and loved around the universe? He travels fucking EVERYWHERE, and helps OTHER RACES than ours.
- "The universe will sing you to sleep." WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? The universe didn't see the need to sing the previous Doctors to sleep. From time to time the Doctor would be faced with a problem that required self-sacrifice, and after making sure his friends couldn't stop him, he went and did what he had to do. He didn't piss and moan for forty-five minutes like David Tennant did. He went and did it uncomplainingly, because he was the Doctor.
- Screaming like and idiot and bouncing around is not good TV. Ever. Robin Williams killed it for everybody.
- Hey RTD, keep your politics out of my show. I didn't need to hear "Barack Obama" twelve times in a Dr. Who ep, and why would anyone in Britain care whether he makes a speech or not anyway? If I wanted excessive preaching on bullshit that doesn't belong in a fiction TV show, I'll go watch Law and Order. You know what political content you should show? Try how the Time Lords got themselves into a nightmarish apocalypse war, how Rassillon got back in charge, and when the UK is bringing back the Torchwood Institute. For that matter, remember when the Doctor got involved in the machinations of smugglers, mad scientists, coup de-tats, military juntas, and other such ACROSS THE UNIVERSE? Hey, he also did it in ancient Egypt, Europe, China, and South America. See the point about leaving the 21st century, if not the Earth, behind.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Do yourself a favor, people, go back and watch the older episodes. Start with the Tom Baker ones, and go back or forward from there. Sure, the pacing is slower and the effects are cheesy, but in general, the plots and dialogue are much, much better. Here's some examples:
She lets her knowledge out a bit at a time, so as not to embarrass me.
Ian, talking about Susan, in "An Unearthly Child"
Don't you think you're being rather high-handed, young man? You thought you saw a young girl enter the yard, you imagine you heard her voice, you believe she might be in there. Not very substantial, is it?
The Doctor, to Ian, in "An Unearthly Child"
I tolerate this century but I don't enjoy it.
The Doctor, in "An Unearthly Child"
Have you ever thought what it's like, to be wanderers in the fourth dimension? Have you? To be exiles?
The Doctor, in "An Unearthly Child"
Your arrogance is nearly as great as your ignorance.
The Doctor, to Ian, in "An Unearthly Child"
There is no indignity in being afraid to die, but there is a terrible shame in being afraid to live.
Alydon, in "The Daleks"
End of ranting.
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