Spoilers Russell T. Davies Returns to Doctor Who as New Showrunner

[Nerys Myk]

Would have been cheaper and more interesting to get Peter Davison to play him tbh. Oh, and ditch everything else about that bit, especially the Ghostbusters-cum-M16-Assault-Rifle nonsense.

Preach!

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I still think if RTD were to remain involved he should just be barred from writing season finales

I was always curious to see a Davies episode during the Moffat era to see the stark difference in storytelling style from Davies trying to build or complete a season arc. Alas, it never happened.

 

[jaime]

Preach!

I also think he should have been in The Story and The Engine instead of Jo Martin. XD

 

[Nerys Myk]

I also think he should have been in The Story and The Engine instead of Jo Martin. XD

The whitest Doctor ever?

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I also think he should have been in The Story and The Engine instead of Jo Martin. XD

Strong disagree. Jo Martin was the perfect choice for that scene.

But I agree that it would've been really cool to see Peter Davison reprise the role. But that would've been to quiet and nuanced for Davies's taste, which has always leaned heavily towards the bombastic.

 

[jaime]

The whitest Doctor ever?

Strong disagree. Jo Martin was the perfect choice for that scene.

But I agree that it would've been really cool to see Peter Davison reprise the role. But that would've been to quiet and nuanced for Davies's taste, which has always leaned heavily towards the bombastic.

Davisons father was West Indian/Caribbean, from Guyana.
Plus, y’know, Cricket is the great religion of the commonwealth xD

And the very fact he is seen as the ‘whitest’ is what could have made for something quite powerful I think, especially in that story — which was like a sort of parable retelling the history of Omega and the Time Lords, whether by intent or not.

But yup, too subtle for RTD.

 

[Mr Awe]

RTD1: I loved most of it.
RTD2: I liked much of it, particularly in the 2nd season.

 

[JD]

That's the problem. It becomes so much more apparent how much worse Doctor Who has gotten when you rewatch some older episodes. RTD2 is mostly bad with a few outstanding episodes.

I've gotta strongly disagree here, I really enjoyed RTD2 too, I'd say it's the difference between an 8/10 for RTD2, vs a 9.6 for Moffat.

Moffat's run is pretty good up until Clara joins. You can tell he's running out of steam, and it gets progressively worse from then on. Again, you'll have some stand out episodes, but you start to get more duds than good episodes.

Check out The Girl Who Waited.

The Girl Who Waited (TV story)

The Girl Who Waited was the tenth episode of series 6 of Doctor Who. The moral choice at the centre of the story made it a character study of the relationship between Amy and Rory. The Eleventh Doctor's recklessness toward travelling across history would also be brought into question, and how he...

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I'll admit, I don't remember it very well past where I'm at now, but I'm pretty sure I enjoyed Moffat's the whole run pretty evenly all the way through.