Moffat's Season better than all of RTD Combined?

[commodore64]

Too early to judge, but he's very good. Blink and the Library story were two of my favs.

And ... agreed, Mollman. Moffat is too talented to be named after Coto. (For God's sake the guy wrote Bound and wanted to have a Cloud Miners follow up. Cloud Miners!!!!!!)

I think Amy is pretty well utilized so far. I think the thing I like about her is that every single companion took a while to understand and get into their role. Amy seems to accept it and head straight into danger. For example, I loved the line when Who 11 said "Don't go after me." And she looked at him seriously and replied she wouldn't only to (after the Doctor was gone) tell the person next to her she was definitely going because it sounded like fun. I also feel like the "cracks" and her role are going somewhere and hoping it will play a big part in Who overall and maybe even the Doctor himself.

 

[Captain Pike]

The Cloud Minders ?

 

[Admiral_Young]

Well I think Amy's case was different than the other companions the closest in comparison would probably be Donna. Amy had waited since she was 12 for the Doctor and created a whole fantasy or fairy tale about him. I like the idea that some have stated about this season being akin to a fairy tale. Donna had the ability to search and found the Doctor while Amy was forced to wait. So she was already ready to jump right in with him, in fact eager. Rose and Martha were quite different. Rose was literally thrusted in with the Doctor after saving her life and Martha too.

 

[commodore64]

The Cloud Minders ?

Oh - see that's how crappy it was. The "d" completely left my min.

 

[Timby]

^ I feel the same. But to me the episode was there to introduce new Daleks and let us know they'll be back later.

It was essentially an hour of Ian McNiece being a goofy bastard as Winston Churchill, combined with some hand-waving magic to actually un-fuck the Daleks so writers no longer have to conjure up some ridiculously silly contrivance to explain their next appearance. The entire point of the episode was "Hey, they're back and they're surely planning some evil shit at some point, so watch out."

Outside of Spitfires flying in outer space (which was pretty goofy, even for Gatiss), I had no problems whatsoever with the episode.

 

[jamestyler]

^ The spitfires in space were goofy... but I loved the visual. It was my least enjoyed of the season, but it was fun - whichis never a bad thing in my view.

 

[davejames]

It was essentially an hour of Ian McNiece being a goofy bastard as Winston Churchill, combined with some hand-waving magic to actually un-fuck the Daleks so writers no longer have to conjure up some ridiculously silly contrivance to explain their next appearance. The entire point of the episode was "Hey, they're back and they're surely planning some evil shit at some point, so watch out."

To be honest I never paid much attention to where the Daleks were or were not supposed to be at any given time. All the talk about being wiped out or trapped in the "void" always seemed pretty meaningless to me, since they were still popping up on the show as much as they always did. lol

 

[TedShatner10]

Steven Moffat is doing OK, but this season seems a bit bland and not quite the clean break advertised in "The Eleventh Hour", despite the toning down of the cheese and tightening of the writing.

 

[davejames]

I agree the stories haven't been quite as spectacular as I was hoping for, but any season that can boast the likes of Eleventh Hour, Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone, Amy's Choice, and The Doctor and Vincent must still be a pretty damn good one I think.

And I'm almost certain I'll be able to add the two-part finale to that list.

 

[Rowan Sjet]

...any season that can boast the likes of Eleventh Hour, Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone, Amy's Choice, and The Doctor and Vincent must still be a pretty damn good one I think.

Agreed.

And I'm almost certain I'll be able to add the two-part finale to that list.

Also agreed.

 

[StCoop]

I agree the stories haven't been quite as spectacular as I was hoping for, but any season that can boast the likes of Eleventh Hour, Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone, Amy's Choice, and The Doctor and Vincent must still be a pretty damn good one I think.

So that's the episodes that ruin the Weeping Angels, the one which suggests murdering your unborn baby is a good reaction to the death of your husband and a typical Richard Curtis mawk-fest complete with crappy pop song.

 

[davejames]

^ Yup. Those are the ones.

 

[Captain Pike]

Don't hold back, StCoop tell us how you really feel..

Oh how the high and mighty have fallen

 

[The]

It's Anti-Bones!

 

[Bones2]

It's Anti-Bones!

I thought that was you

 

[Stevil2001]

I agree the stories haven't been quite as spectacular as I was hoping for, but any season that can boast the likes of Eleventh Hour, Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone, Amy's Choice, and The Doctor and Vincent must still be a pretty damn good one I think.

So that's the episodes that ruin the Weeping Angels, the one which suggests murdering your unborn baby is a good reaction to the death of your husband and a typical Richard Curtis mawk-fest complete with crappy pop song.

Not that you're actually looking for a discussion, Simon, but I believe you'll find that's the episode that suggests that the imaginary murder of your imaginary unborn baby is a good reaction to the imaginary death of your imaginary husband.

 

[The]

It's Anti-Bones!

I thought that was you

Well played, sir.

 

[Starkers]

I agree the stories haven't been quite as spectacular as I was hoping for, but any season that can boast the likes of Eleventh Hour, Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone, Amy's Choice, and The Doctor and Vincent must still be a pretty damn good one I think.

So that's the episodes that ruin the Weeping Angels, the one which suggests murdering your unborn baby is a good reaction to the death of your husband and a typical Richard Curtis mawk-fest complete with crappy pop song.

Not that you're actually looking for a discussion, Simon, but I believe you'll find that's the episode that suggests that the imaginary murder of your imaginary unborn baby is a good reaction to the imaginary death of your imaginary husband.

In fairness she didn't know it was imaginary. she knew it might have been but she didn't know for sure. One reason why I don't get all the love for Amy's choice (all the others mentioned were brilliant though; especially the Richard Curtis mawk fest )

 

[Sci]

So that's the episodes that ruin the Weeping Angels, the one which suggests murdering your unborn baby is a good reaction to the death of your husband and a typical Richard Curtis mawk-fest complete with crappy pop song.

Not that you're actually looking for a discussion, Simon, but I believe you'll find that's the episode that suggests that the imaginary murder of your imaginary unborn baby is a good reaction to the imaginary death of your imaginary husband.

In fairness she didn't know it was imaginary. she knew it might have been but she didn't know for sure. One reason why I don't get all the love for Amy's choice (all the others mentioned were brilliant though; especially the Richard Curtis mawk fest )

Well, I think it's probably safe to say that if Rory had been killed in other circumstances -- say, any circumstance in which there is not a 50% chance that his death only occurred in a fictional construct and that he is still alive somewhere else -- Amy would be unlikely to commit suicide or kill her soon-to-be-born baby.

 

[Brent]

Another new episode, another feather in this seasons cap, well done.