Russell T Davies yes/no

[Bones2]

RTD's a dismal hack, isn't he? Well, maybe you disagree. So, to see which of his stories are more popular, answer yes or no as to whether each of his stories gets a pass from you. Gwan, it'll be fun.

Rose - no
The End of the World - no
Aliens of London/World War Three - no
The Long Game - no
Boom Town - no
Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways - no
The Christmas Invasion - no
New Earth - no
Tooth and Claw - no
Love and Monsters - no
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday - no
The Runaway Bride - no
Smith and Jones - yes
Gridlock - yes
Utopia - yes
The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords - no
Voyage of the Damned - no
Partners in Crime - no
Midnight - yes
Turn Left - yes
The Stolen Earth/Journey's End - no
The Next Doctor - no
Planet of the Dead - no
The Waters of Mars - no
The End of Time - no

I've not seen any since they first aired from Love and Monsters onwards, so everything after that is from memory. Three yeses in series three, mind. That's not too bad on Rusty's part, though some are quite a dim memory. Smith and Jones was alright I seem to recall (radiation shoe aside - bet the Doctor wished he'd remembered he could do that in Planet of the Spiders [or, indeed TEOT]), and Gridlock and Utopia were alright I think. Turn Left too. Still, allowing for my memory's generosity still gives only a 20% level of acceptability. Maybe they should have chosen Pip and Jane to showrun instead.

 

[RoJoHen]

The only one of those that doesn't get a pass from me is "Voyage of the Damned" because I thought it was boring.


In fact, I have finally been able to watch Series 5 with Moffat and Matt Smith, and I have found most of it terrible compared to the previous seasons.

 

[Bones2]

Doesn't it ever bother you when a story's complete nonsense?

 

[Silent_Bob]

RTD's a dismal hack, isn't he? Well, maybe you disagree. So, to see which of his stories are more popular, answer yes or no as to whether each of his stories gets a pass from you. Gwan, it'll be fun.

Ok lets see...

Rose - yes
The End of the World - yes
Aliens of London/World War Three - no
The Long Game - yes
Boom Town - yes
Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways - yes
The Christmas Invasion - yes
New Earth - yes
Tooth and Claw - yes
Love and Monsters - NO!NO!NO NO NO NOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday - yes
The Runaway Bride - yes
Smith and Jones - yes
Gridlock - yes
Utopia - yes
The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords - yes
Voyage of the Damned - no
Partners in Crime - yes
Midnight - yes
Turn Left - yes
The Stolen Earth/Journey's End - yes
The Next Doctor - yes
Planet of the Dead - yes
The Waters of Mars - yes
The End of Time - yes

 

[RoJoHen]

Doesn't it ever bother you when a story's complete nonsense?

I've never found them to be nonsense. Over-the-top sometimes, sure, but they always made sense.

 

[Canadave]

"Aliens of London\WW3" and "Love and Monsters" would be a no for me; the others I all enjoyed to at least some degree.

 

[Lonemagpie]

answer yes or no as to whether each of his stories gets a pass from you.

Rose - Yes
The End of the World - Yes
Aliens of London/World War Three - No
The Long Game - Not sure - too long since I saw it
Boom Town - Fuck, no
Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways - Yes
The Christmas Invasion - Yes
New Earth - Borderline
Tooth and Claw - Yes
Love and Monsters - Yes for the script, no for the production
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday - Yes
The Runaway Bride - Just about
Smith and Jones - Yes
Gridlock - Yes
Utopia - Yes for the last 15 minutes
The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords - Yes *until* the last 15 minutes...
Voyage of the Damned - Yes
Partners in Crime - Yes
Midnight - Yes
Turn Left - Yes
The Stolen Earth/Journey's End - Yes
The Next Doctor - Yes
Planet of the Dead - Meh
The Waters of Mars - Yes
The End of Time - Yes and no, alternating every other scene...

 

[captcalhoun]

the only one i really despised was VOYOTD.

 

[Pseudo]

Rose - YES
The End of the World - YES
Aliens of London/World War Three - no
The Long Game - YES
Boom Town - YES
Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways - YES
The Christmas Invasion - YES
New Earth - YES
Tooth and Claw - YES
Love and Monsters - YES
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday - YES
The Runaway Bride - no
Smith and Jones - YES
Gridlock - YES
Utopia - no (Until the last five minutes)
The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords - YES (Until the last fifteen minutes)
Voyage of the Damned - YES
Partners in Crime - YES
Midnight - YES
Turn Left - YES
The Stolen Earth/Journey's End - YES
The Next Doctor - YES (Until the CyberKing shows up)
Planet of the Dead - no
The Waters of Mars - YES
The End of Time - no

 

[Bones2]

the only one i really despised was VOYOTD.

What was wrong with it for you? To me it was complete fucking rubbish like most of RTD's output, but I'm curious as to why you'd single that out over stuff like Journey's End or Love and Monsters.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Rose - Yes
The End of the World - Yes
Aliens of London/World War Three - Yes
The Long Game - no
Boom Town - Yes
Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways - Absolutely
The Christmas Invasion - Yes
New Earth - Yes
Tooth and Claw - no
Love and Monsters - Yes
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday - Yes
The Runaway Bride - no
Smith and Jones - no
Gridlock - Yes
Utopia - Yes
The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords - Yes
Voyage of the Damned - Yes
Partners in Crime - Yes
Midnight - yes
Turn Left - yes
The Stolen Earth/Journey's End - no
The Next Doctor - no
Planet of the Dead - no
The Waters of Mars - Yes
The End of Time - Absolutely

The guy's a genius; he made DW watchable.

 

[Skywalker]

Rose - Yes
The End of the World - Yes
Aliens of London/World War Three - No
The Long Game - Yes
Boom Town - No
Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways - Yes
The Christmas Invasion - Yes
New Earth - No
Tooth and Claw - Yes
Love and Monsters - HELL NO
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday - Yes
The Runaway Bride - Yes
Smith and Jones - Yes
Gridlock - Yes
Utopia - Yes
The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords - Eh, overall yes, except for the last 10-15 minutes
Voyage of the Damned - Yes
Partners in Crime - Yes
Midnight - Yes
Turn Left - Yes
The Stolen Earth/Journey's End - Yes, mostly
The Next Doctor - Yes
Planet of the Dead - No
The Waters of Mars - Yes
The End of Time - No

 

[Lonemagpie]

the only one i really despised was VOYOTD.

What was wrong with it for you? To me it was complete fucking rubbish like most of RTD's output, but I'm curious as to why you'd single that over stuff like Journey's End or Love and Monsters.

Heh, VOTD is, by a long way, my favourite of the specials...

 

[Kelso]

Rose - Yes
The End of the World - Yes
Aliens of London/World War Three - Yes
The Long Game - No
Boom Town - Yes
Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways - YES
The Christmas Invasion - Yes
New Earth - Yes
Tooth and Claw - Yes
Love and Monsters - Yes... up until the Absorbaloff.
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday - YES
The Runaway Bride - Yes
Smith and Jones - Yes
Gridlock - Yes
Utopia - yes
The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords - Yes
Voyage of the Damned - Yes
Partners in Crime - Yes
Midnight - Yes
Turn Left - Yes
The Stolen Earth/Journey's End - Yes
The Next Doctor - Yes
Planet of the Dead - Yes
The Waters of Mars - Yes
The End of Time - Yes

 

[Stevil2001]

Should have done a poll!

Rose - yes
The End of the World - yes
Aliens of London/World War Three - yes
The Long Game - no
Boom Town - yes
Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways - yes
The Christmas Invasion - yes
New Earth - yes... but barely
Tooth and Claw - yes
Love and Monsters - yes
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday - yes
The Runaway Bride - yes
Smith and Jones - yes
Gridlock - yes
Utopia - yes
The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords - yes
Voyage of the Damned - yes
Partners in Crime - yes
Midnight - yes
Turn Left - yes
The Stolen Earth/Journey's End - yes
The Next Doctor - yes
Planet of the Dead - no... but barely
The Waters of Mars - yes
The End of Time - yes

 

[Timby]

Well, I don't think the guy's a dismal hack ... I give him all the credit in the world for making Doctor Who more popular than it's ever been, and restoring it to a cultural icon. Very few people could have done that, and he pulled it off. That said, I'm very glad to see him gone.

As for the stories:

Rose - Yes.
The End of the World - Yes.
Aliens of London/World War Three - God, no.
The Long Game - No.
Boom Town - No.
Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways - Yes.
The Christmas Invasion - No.
New Earth - No.
Tooth and Claw - No.
Love and Monsters - Fucking Christ, I'd rather be raped by a wildebeest.
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday - Yes.
The Runaway Bride - Yes.
Smith and Jones - Yes.
Gridlock - Yes.
Utopia - Yes.
The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords - Yes to the former; I'll never watch the latter again.
Voyage of the Damned - Absolutely terrible.
Partners in Crime - No.
Midnight - Yes.
Turn Left - Yes.
The Stolen Earth/Journey's End - Again, yes to the former, while the latter is far beyond awful.
The Next Doctor - No.
Planet of the Dead - God, no.
The Waters of Mars - Oh, yes.
The End of Time - A few good ideas trapped by a mountain of shit.

 

[The]

Rose - Yes

The End of the World - Yes

Aliens of London/World War Three - Yes

The Long Game - Yes

Boom Town - Yes

Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways - Yes

The Christmas Invasion - No

New Earth - No

Tooth and Claw - Yes

Love and Monsters - Yes (because I'm happy to see Ian Levine finally get a role )

Army of Ghosts/Doomsday - Yes

The Runaway Bride - Yes

Smith and Jones - Yes

Gridlock - No

Utopia - Yes

The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords - Yes / NO!!

Voyage of the Damned - Oh god no!!

Partners in Crime - Yes

Midnight - Yes

Turn Left - Yes

The Stolen Earth/Journey's End - Yes

The Next Doctor - No

Planet of the Dead - No

The Waters of Mars - Yes

The End of Time - No, until he regenerates, then yes...

 

[Count Zero]

Rose - yes
The End of the World - yes
Aliens of London/World War Three - no
The Long Game - yes
Boom Town - yes
Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways - yes
The Christmas Invasion - yes
New Earth - yes
Tooth and Claw - yes
Love and Monsters - yes
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday - yes
The Runaway Bride - yes
Smith and Jones - yes
Gridlock - yes
Utopia - yes
The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords - yes and no
Voyage of the Damned - yes
Partners in Crime - yes
Midnight - yes
Turn Left - yes
The Stolen Earth/Journey's End - yes
The Next Doctor - no
Planet of the Dead - no
The Waters of Mars - yes
The End of Time - yes

 

[Sci]

Rose - Yes
The End of the World - Yes
Aliens of London - Yes
World War Three - Yes
The Long Game - No
Boom Town - Yes
Bad Wolf - Yes
The Parting of the Ways - Yes
The Christmas Invasion - Yes
New Earth - No
Tooth and Claw - No
Love and Monsters - Yes
Army of Ghosts - Yes
Doomsday - Yes
The Runaway Bride - Yes
Smith and Jones - Yes
Gridlock - Yes
Utopia - Yes
The Sound of Drums - Yes
Last of the Time Lords - Yes
Voyage of the Damned - Yes
Partners in Crime - Yes
Midnight - Yes
Turn Left - Yes
The Stolen Earth - Yes
Journey's End - Yes
The Next Doctor - No
Planet of the Dead - Yes
The Waters of Mars - Yes
The End of Time, Part One - No
The End of Time, Part Two - Yes

26 Yeas, 5 Nays. Not a bad score for my money.

 

[Bacl]

Rose - Yes.
The End of the World - Yes.
Aliens of London/World War Three - no, no, no, no, ugh.
The Long Game - Yes...barely.
Boom Town - Yes.
Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways - Yes, actually thought this was a better sendoff than 10 got, made sense in a kind of character arc for the new series.
The Christmas Invasion - Yes.
New Earth - nope, what a freaking waste.
Tooth and Claw - Yes.
Love and Monsters - no, nooooo
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday - Eh. Pretty sloppy, but the sendoff for Rose worked on an emotional level. Pass...I guess. Ugh, maybe not.
The Runaway Bride - noooo
Smith and Jones - no
Gridlock - yes
Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords - yes, but I'd rather have had Moffat come in and do a rewrite on all three scripts, trying to honor the 'sprit' of the originals but fixing many, many flaws.
Voyage of the Damned - god, no
Partners in Crime - nope
Midnight - yes, but I feel RTD was trying to imitate Moffat.
Turn Left - yes
The Stolen Earth/Journey's End - the absolute WORST of Doctor Who, IMHO
The Next Doctor - noooooo
Planet of the Dead - no!
The Waters of Mars - no!
The End of Time - No, and what a shameful sendoff AND a shameful return of the Master. How can you screw up, "The Doctor regenerates after one final battle with the Master"??

I guess I somehow likes the stories with Eccleston more. Maybe Rusty was trying harder...except for farting aliens. I dunno. I feel he really went off the rails at the end there.

Maybe he was like Gene Rodenberry: if he had the right people to veto him, tell him NO, or try and work around his strange rules you ended up with a great product. Maybe at the end they just told him to do whatever, and thus we get The Stolen Earth.