Poll: Doctor who new episode

[scw55]

The new series is much better. The actors were the only thing that made Russle Davies' series good. There were a few odd good episodes from the old new series but that's it.

I think the new series is good. I enjoyed every episode. However, I did find the resolution to the weaping angels quite disappointing. The previous episode built them up so much (and Blink), but the sodding Story Arc consumed them (quite literally). It was quite a cheap resolution.

I didn't mind the Rory thing. He died and got 'consumed'. Then there was a plastic version of him made from when the Evil Alliance stole ideas from Amy's mind. Then Rory was human because, everything technically didn't happen.
Ok, the whole resolution of Big Bang was a little bit ~~~. But you *are* dealing with time. Time is an evil thing to rationalise if you talk about jumping in it, losing it etc...

I think Matt Smith is a fine Doctor.

And I hated Victory of the Daleks.

 

[Crayzor]

The season finale was one of the worst episodes of the series for me. The time paradox that got the Doctor out of the Pandorica felt like a really cheap trick to me. I also got annoyed by the way they went on about how the Doctor would be trapped on the other side of the cracks when he fixed them, and made it seem really dramatic and final, before essentially just saying, "Actually, that isn't what happened at all, everyone is safe and there are no cnsequences whatsoever!"

 

[SomeBritishDude]

This has been talked over plenty, mainly by our own resident TimeLord.

Personally I thought was a very good series, it just wasn't as great as I thought it would be. Doctor Who has always had certain nigh and niggles that needed to go i.e. Darleks, huge plot holes, THE POWER OF LOVE! ect and none of these were really solves properly with this series, especially in the final episode, which was a disappointment after such a brilliant set up in the episode previous (it's pretty clear were all their budget went). After Moffat took over I was kind of hoping for what I love about Doctor Who to feature more i.e cool and interesting monsters, messing with time travel, horror episodes ect but none of them really happened much either.

All and all it was a pretty average series with a brilliant Doctor (Matt Smith may be my favourite of all time now) assistant (ahh yeah) and a couple of truly amazing episodes, that being the penultimate episode, the first episode which I think was probably the best opening to a series the new Doctor Who has ever had, the weeping angels double bill and Van Gophs episode, which I think is the best episode the entire show has ever had bar none.

Moffat just didn't solve anything. That isn't to say there was much to solve though. I just hope we see more horror episodes next series.

I'm gay, but even I would do Amy Pond. :3

If that isn't a testament to Amy Ponds sex appeal I don't know what is.

 

[Ossian]

Critiques of this latest season should really really step back and think about what they are saying. If it was soooo horrible, why are you still watching it?
BECAUSE IT IS DOCTOR WHO!
It is awesome, or you wouldn't be watching it, sure some episodes weren't really all that great, but they still gave me something to watch that was upbeat and lighthearted.
And besides,

"Bow ties are cooool"

/rant

 

[Hashime]

I rather liked it. Matt Smith in my opinion plays an excellent doctor, and Karen Gillian is my favourite companion so far.
The story was also cool, they tied each episode into the story in some way, there was foreshadowing into the events of the finale in the first episode, I like these long arcs.

 

[Frequen-Z]

Matt Smith >>>>> David Tennant. There, I said it. I much prefer Smith. Smith's portrayal is a lot more alien than Tennants, yeah they both had funny personality quirks, but Smith's are so prominent that it makes you believe he is from another planet, something I never quite got from Tennant.

OT: Nope, loved the new series, ending was a tad disappointing, but overall, the series is a solid 9/10.

 

[Lt.Snuffles]

I loved the new series (except the Beast below, being completly shit and all). He did ruin the weeping angels somewhat but I still liked that episode. Also, at least the finale wasn't another fucking army of daleks trying to take over the world again.

 

[MHG5]

It's a kid's TV show. Saying it should be more realistic is like saying Teletubbies needs to be more realistic.

A lot of it was just very convenient like you said, the end of the Lodger episode or shouting at a wedding reception brings back the dead. It's all very wishy washy, but then again, so are most children TV shows.

 

[Mr Cwtchy]

On the whole, I thought it was exceedingly average.

There was nothing in it that particularly stood out for me, episodes like The Impossible Planet, Silence in The Library and Midnight had no equivalent in this series.

Smith is a good actor is his own right(although Tennant still trumps him several times over). Karen Gillan seems to have no acting talent at all however, and what's his name who plays Rory was alright as well.

It just seems like Moffat is focusing completely on the time travel and ignoring character development. The thing I liked about the Davies Era was that you could get really attached to the characters, in this series I wanted to bash River Song's face in every time she said 'Spoilers.'

 

[verindae]

I don't think it's awful, it was watchable, but I feel that the best episodes of this season were on par with the worst episodes of the David Tennant years.

Matt smith seems to come off as trying to be Tennant and falls short.

I agree with that. Matt smith has really big shoes to fill by trying to emulate Tennants goofiness, so really he shouldn't be trying to fill them at all. He should be doing something totally different.

This is pretty much my opinion as well. A lot of people, myself included, came into the new season automatically comparing it to David Tennant and his portrayal, which is a little unfair to be honest but you can't really help it. From that point of view it will always fall short because he isn't David Tennant. Matt smith is good in his own right and I'm sure we'll see him come into his own in the future episodes. In my opinion a little Tennant emulation isn't a bad thing, as long as he doesn't try too much to be just like him.

I voted it was OK mainly for the comparative reason above, but in it's own right I guess it was pretty good. The writing is still good, though like every season there are some better than others.

I think the next season will be the decider for me on whether Matt Smith makes a good or bad doctor, or merely an average one.

 

[thekrimzonguard]

I like it although one bit kept eating at me right its suppose to be a PRISON and it was opened by his screwdriver surely the ultimatly league of alien villans (made up by myself) would interprute a breakout and the fact the ditched all the villans except the dalek.I mean if they wanted keep a villan couldn't they ditch the dalek for once mabye a sultarien could chase them.

Yes! A deadlock would have stopped the screwdriver, and everyone and their cat seems to use those when it's plot-convenient. You'd think that if you're going to imprison someone whose signature device is a sonic screwdriver, you might... you know, make it sonic-proof? Or just disarm or shoot him already for goodness' sake?

As far as I could see, the final two episodes were a good attempt to tie together a season that has been jumping all over the place with mostly unrelated episodes.
For example, how about all the Doctor's friends coming together to warn him of the impending danger? - "Oh, look, here's everyone we introduced you to this season. We're only going to show them for 60s anyway actually - just to show we hadn't forgotten. Honest! Anyway, they're not actually important to this plot."

My personal bug was "robots can be human if they love". Tell you what, evil overlords, how about you make the big bomb/massacre mode independant of the human simulator? The Whoniverse seems to run on 'BesauseISaySo-ium', this season more than ever.

 

[Cowabungaa]

I freakin' loved it. Sure it wasn't perfect:

Things I didn't like:
- Too many episodes set on Earth. That was just dull, give us some insane space adventures!
- Too much plot rehashing. I think we know the "aliens forced from homeworld want to take over Earth" plot by now.
- Making the Weeping Angels move on-camera. BIG. MISTAKE.
- GERONIMOOO!!! Ugh...
- Plot holes the size of Jupiter, though they didn't bother me that much.

Things I loved:
- Amy Pond. She might've played too big of a role, but damn she's fine. I have a thing for redheads, and damn those eyes...
- Rory. Most badass companion ever!
- Matt Smith. He might not be as sexy as Tennant, but I must say that I do prefer his character. Tennant got too whiny and "grrrr!", especially in season 3. Smith's character reminds me way more of an intergalactic adventurer, while Tennant reminded me of an intergalactic policeman, spamming that Shadow Proclamation of his.
- The dialogue. Best. dialogue. EVAH!!! Smith's epic speech alone, that was so awesome.

All in all, the good far outweighs the bad for me. It was simply so much fun, I'm not watching Doctor Who for high-calibre plots or deep, intricate characters. I just want campy, good ol' fashioned fun and that's exactly what I got.

I agree with that. Matt smith has really big shoes to fill by trying to emulate Tennants goofiness, so really he shouldn't be trying to fill them at all. He should be doing something totally different.

This is pretty much my opinion as well. A lot of people, myself included, came into the new season automatically comparing it to David Tennant and his portrayal, which is a little unfair to be honest but you can't really help it. From that point of view it will always fall short because he isn't David Tennant. Matt smith is good in his own right and I'm sure we'll see him come into his own in the future episodes. In my opinion a little Tennant emulation isn't a bad thing, as long as he doesn't try too much to be just like him.

I beg to differ, I mean they're still both the Doctor but I found them to be quite different indeed (though some similarities can never be avoided). Looking back at the previous series, Tennant was way more serious, way more policeman-like and way more, well, vile. Smith is far less serious, far more insane than Tennant ever was and not actively busy with saving the universe. It was like he like he saved the universe just on the side, something he stumbled upon and just did it. Tennant's Doctor felt way more warrior-like.

Smith just seemed to be a lot more fun, a lot more "ooohhh shiny!" if that makes any sense. I think the difference can both be explained very easily by 2 very different things from Smith's and Tennant's characters: Tennant was a regular tie, Smith is a bow tie. Tennant was more normal, more...human. Smith really made me feel like he's an alien, at least something you don't see every day.

Though "GERONIMOOO!!!" can take a hike.

 

[Adamc-mh]

I like it although one bit kept eating at me right its suppose to be a PRISON and it was opened by his screwdriver surely the ultimatly league of alien villans (made up by myself) would interprute a breakout and the fact the ditched all the villans except the dalek.I mean if they wanted keep a villan couldn't they ditch the dalek for once mabye a sultarien could chase them.

Yes! A deadlock would have stopped the screwdriver, and everyone and their cat seems to use those when it's plot-convenient. You'd think that if you're going to imprison someone whose signature device is a sonic screwdriver, you might... you know, make it sonic-proof? Or just disarm or shoot him already for goodness' sake?

As far as I could see, the final two episodes were a good attempt to tie together a season that has been jumping all over the place with mostly unrelated episodes.
For example, how about all the Doctor's friends coming together to warn him of the impending danger? - "Oh, look, here's everyone we introduced you to this season. We're only going to show them for 60s anyway actually - just to show we hadn't forgotten. Honest! Anyway, they're not actually important to this plot."

My personal bug was "robots can be human if they love". Tell you what, evil overlords, how about you make the big bomb/massacre mode independant of the human simulator? The Whoniverse seems to run on 'BesauseISaySo-ium', this season more than ever.

yeah everybody knew rory would come back and eventhough he was by far the best actor in the finale I wanted him to be left dead they killed in the best way possible the whole thing was a giant anti-climax because of the lack of villans