So I watched the 60th Anniversary specials

[Ray Hardgrit]

Why would that be your fault Midnight is a great episode...

I'm especially willing to accept the blame when my actions lead to good things.

 

[JD]

I liked the 60th specials, mostly. Tennant and Tate were great and it was a relief to get the return of RTD's writing after so many lacklustre stories, but we also got his clumsiness when it comes to resolutions and a bunch of other issues.

Then the new season started and that was all over the place. The Christmas special and the first two episodes were extremely childish and drifted into fantasy, the three in the middle were very mature and serious, and then the ending was a bit of train wreck. I know Doctor Who has always had a variety of stories, but previous seasons seemed to be generally aimed at the same audience.

And for me the different tones was one of the best things about the series, I love having that kind of variety in season. Hell, Strang New Worlds wasn't that far off, it gave us episodes like Under The Cloak of War, and Hegemony, but then also gave us Charades, Those Old Scientists, and Subspace Rhapsody. And I just want to note that as a musical fan and Trekkie, Subspace Rhapsody is one of my favorite episodes in the entire franchise.
And now I'm hoping we get a Doctor Who musical episode. I know we got The Devil's Chord last season, but it was more of a music themed episode, and not a full on musical the way Subspace Rhapsody was.

 

[Pindar]

I re-watched the 50th Anniversary special last night. I thoroughly enjoyed.

Having just done a Matt Smith re-watch I'd forgotten how good he was.

I did like the 60th specials too, Tennant was better in those than he was in the 50th I think.