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Steven Moffat Yay/Nay

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The RTD thread was pretty fun. I won't be able to tabulate each post for a while until I get my computer problems fixed but if someone else wants to take care of that..that'd be awesome. Obviously this is gonna be pretty short since he hasn't written as many as RTD did yet.

-The Curse of the Fatal Death (Yes)
-The Empty Child (No)
-The Doctor Dances (Yes)
-The Girl in the Fireplace (No)
-Blink (Yes)
-Time Crash (Yes) (had no idea he wrote Time Crash)
-Silence in the Library (Yes)
-Forest of the Dead (Yes)
-The End of Time Part Two Final Scene (uncredited) (Yes)
-The Eleventh Hour (Yes)
-The Beast Below (Yes)
-The Time of Angels (Yes)
-Flesh and Stone (Yes)
-The Panorica Opens (Yes)
-The Big Bang (Yes)
-The Christmas Carol (Yes)

Meh's are allowed. :) I added the Curse since Allyn included it. I love that special
 
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Yes to all, except Pandorica and Big Bang. Can I use a 'meh' rating for those? I certainly didnt hate them.
 
  • The Curse of the Fatal Death -- Yes
  • The Empty Child -- Yes
  • The Doctor Dances -- No (Squandered a promising set-up, I thought)
  • The Girl in the Fireplace -- Oh, absolutely yes!
  • Blink -- Yes
  • Time Crash -- No (It's cute, but too fourth-wall breaking for me)
  • Silence in the Library -- Yes
  • Forest of the Dead -- No (Good moments, but doesn't feel a cohesive as the first part)
  • The End of Time Part Two (Final Scene) -- Yes (finally, "The End of Time" does something interesting...)
  • The Eleventh Hour -- Damn skippy yes!
  • The Beast Below -- No (Nothing wrong with it, it just feels "meh")
  • The Time of Angels -- Yes (Though Smith is at his most Tennant here)
  • Flesh and Stone -- Yes (Finally, Moffat writes a second part that matches the promise of the first)
  • The Panorica Opens -- Damn skippy yes!
  • The Big Bang -- Damn skippy yes!
  • The Christmas Carol -- Yes yes yes!
 
The Curse of the Fatal Death - Yes
The Empty Child - Yes
The Doctor Dances - Yes
The Girl in the Fireplace - Yes
Blink - Yes
Time Crash - Yes
Silence in the Library - Yes
Forest of the Dead - Yes
The End of Time Part Two Final Scene - meh
The Eleventh Hour - No
The Beast Below - No
The Time of Angels - Yes
Flesh and Stone - No
The Pandorica Opens - Yes
The Big Bang - Yes
The Christmas Carol - Yes
 
-The Curse of the Fatal Death - No
-The Empty Child - Yes
-The Doctor Dances - Yes
-The Girl in the Fireplace - Yes
-Blink - Yes
-Time Crash - Yes
-Silence in the Library - Yes
-Forest of the Dead - Yes
-The End of Time Part Two Final Scene - Yes
-The Eleventh Hour - Yes
-The Beast Below - No
-The Time of Angels - No
-Flesh and Stone - No
-The Panorica Opens - Yes
-The Big Bang - No
-The Christmas Carol - Meh
 
-The Curse of the Fatal Death - Aw, hell no!
-The Empty Child - Fuck, yeah!
-The Doctor Dances - Fuck, yeah!
-The Girl in the Fireplace - Fuck, yeah!
-Blink - Fuck, yeah!
-Time Crash - Nah, it's kind of OK on one viewing, but...
-Silence in the Library - Fuck, yeah!
-Forest of the Dead - yes, even though really it was just kind of a Moffat's Greatest Hits Compilation
-The End of Time Part Two Final Scene - Yes, but does that even count?
-The Eleventh Hour - Fuck, yeah!
-The Beast Below - I suppose, yes
-The Time of Angels - Fuck, yeah!
-Flesh and Stone - Fuck, yeah!
-The Panorica Opens - Fuck, yeah!
-The Big Bang - Fuck, yeah!
-The Christmas Carol - Fuck, yeah!
 
-The Curse of the Fatal Death- Yes
-The Empty Child Oh Yes
-The Doctor Dances Oh Yes
-The Girl in the Fireplace- Meh Never got the big deal about this, and clockwork robots just aint scary.
-Blink-YES, YES, YES
-Time Crash Yes
-Silence in the Library-Yes
-Forest of the Dead- Meh, not for the last time a great set up squandered
-The End of Time Part Two Final Scene (uncredited) Not enough to go on, its ok but it's one fricken scene!
-The Eleventh Hour Yes, bloody brilliant
-The Beast Below -Yes,
-The Time of Angels- Yes
-Flesh and Stone- Yes, just, although yet again a second part doesn't live up to the first.
-The Panorica Opens Yes
-The Big Bang first half no, second half yes, overall meh!
-The Christmas Carol Yes, just, he's getting a bit to clever for his own good though in my opinion!
 
-The Curse of the Fatal Death (Yes)
-The Empty Child (Yes)
-The Doctor Dances (Yes)
-The Girl in the Fireplace (Meh - It has its moments but I don't love it the way most people do - Madame de Pompadour is a particular interest of mine and Moffat doesn't really get a handle on her)
-Blink (Yes)
-Time Crash (Yes)
-Silence in the Library (Yes)
-Forest of the Dead (Yes)
-The End of Time Part Two Final Scene (uncredited) (Meh)
-The Eleventh Hour (No - enjoyed it but thanks exclusively to MS, the writing and other performances are pretty average)
-The Beast Below (NO!!)
-The Time of Angels (Yes)
-Flesh and Stone (No)
-The Panorica Opens (Yes)
-The Big Bang (Meh, a disappointment after the previous episode)
-The Christmas Carol (Yes)
 
-The Curse of the Fatal Death (Yes)
-The Empty Child (Yes)
-The Doctor Dances (Yes)
-The Girl in the Fireplace (No)
-Blink (Yes)
-Time Crash (Yes)
-Silence in the Library (Yes)
-Forest of the Dead (Yes)
-The End of Time Part Two Final Scene (uncredited) (Yes)
-The Eleventh Hour (Yes)
-The Beast Below (Yes)
-The Time of Angels (Yes)
-Flesh and Stone (Yes)
-The Panorica Opens (Yes)
-The Big Bang (Yes)
-The Christmas Carol (Yes)

What can I say, I love Moffat's style of work.

Now I'm standing by for accusations of being an apologetic fanboy.
 
-The Curse of the Fatal Death - Never saw it
-The Empty Child - No
-The Doctor Dances - No
-The Girl in the Fireplace - Yes
-Blink - Yes
-Time Crash - No
-Silence in the Library - Yes
-Forest of the Dead - Yes
-The End of Time Part Two Final Scene - No
-The Eleventh Hour - Meh
-The Beast Below - NO!
-The Time of Angels - Yes
-Flesh and Stone - Meh
-The Pandorica Opens - No
-The Big Bang - No
-The Christmas Carol - Yes
 
The Curse of the Fatal Death - Never saw.
The Empty Child - Yes
The Doctor Dances - No
The Girl in the Fireplace - Yes
Blink - Yes
Time Crash - Yes
Silence in the Library - Yes
Forest of the Dead - Yes
The End of Time Part Two Final Scene - Yes
The Eleventh Hour - Yes
The Beast Below - No
The Time of Angels - Yes
Flesh and Stone - No
The Pandorica Opens - Yes
The Big Bang - Yes
The Christmas Carol - Yes
 
-The Curse of the Fatal Death (Yes)
-The Empty Child (Yes)
-The Doctor Dances (Yes)
-The Girl in the Fireplace (meh)
-Blink (Yes)
-Time Crash (Yes)
-Silence in the Library (Yes)
-Forest of the Dead (Yes)
-The Eleventh Hour (Yes)
-The Beast Below (meh)
-The Time of Angels (Yes)
-Flesh and Stone (Yes)
-The Panorica Opens (Yes)
-The Big Bang (Yes- but extremely disappointing)
-The Christmas Carol (boo)

I like the episodes that Moffat writes, but I wasn't happy with Season Five as a whole. Too many lame episodes. It felt like Season One, where I loved the characters and premise, but the individual episodes were very disappointing.

I'm hoping the next year is better, but I think that RTD is a better show runner, with big bombastic ideas and fan-wank storylines, while Moffat is better at writing individual episodes.
 
-The Curse of the Fatal Death (YES)
-The Empty Child (Yes)
-The Doctor Dances (Yes)
-The Girl in the Fireplace (YES!)
-Blink (Y E S !!!)
-Time Crash (Yes) (got my latest costume from here)
-Silence in the Library (Y-E-S-Y-E-S)
-Forest of the Dead (Yes)
-The End of Time Part Two Final Scene (uncredited) (Yes)
-The Eleventh Hour (Yes)
-The Beast Below (Yes)
-The Time of Angels (Yes)
-Flesh and Stone (Yes)
-The Panorica Opens (Yes)
-The Big Bang (Yes)
-The Christmas Carol (Yes)


Okay, so yeah.... guess I really kinda like Moffat's work. :lol:

(guess I should have voted in the RTD thread as well)
 
Mr Light said:
I wasn't happy with Season Five as a whole. Too many lame episodes. It felt like Season One, where I loved the characters and premise, but the individual episodes were very disappointing.
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To be fair, it was, essentially, a season 1 (as the stuff about them calling it series 1 hints) - first season for a new cast and production team. So that's probably why it feels like that.
 
The Curse of the Fatal Death - Never saw it
The Empty Child - Yes
The Doctor Dances - Yes
The Girl in the Fireplace - Yes
Blink - Yes
Silence in the Library - Meh
Forest of the Dead - Meh. Although the two-parter does have its moments, it isn't really as good as his previous work.
The End of Time final scene - Meh. It's just the Doctor making sure he has the appropriate limbs and appendages and screming "Geronimo."
The Eleventh Hour - Yes
The Beast Below - Yes, though it wasn't until the third viewing that I began to appreciate
The Time of Angels - Yes
Flesh and Stone - Yes
The Pandorica Opens - Yes
The Big Bang - Meh, it didn't measure up to part 1.
A Christmas Carol - Yes.
 
-The Curse of the Fatal Death - yes
-The Empty Child - yes
-The Doctor Dances - yes
-The Girl in the Fireplace - yes
-Blink - yes
-Time Crash - yes
-Silence in the Library - yes, but just for that brilliant teaser that the rest of the episode never lives up to
-Forest of the Dead - no, I preferred it when it was "The Doctor Dances" and "The Girl in the Fireplace" and "Blink"
-The Eleventh Hour - yes
-The Beast Below - yes
-The Time of Angels - yes, but barely
-Flesh and Stone - yes, it ruins the Weeping Angels, yet I still enjoyed it!
-The Pandorica Opens - no
-The Big Bang - no, the whole thing turns out to be a series of dull cheats and four people versus a broken Dalek in a museum
-The Christmas Carol - yes
 
The Curse of the Fatal Death - Yes.

The Empty Child - No. Can't stand Captain Jack.

The Doctor Dances - No. Again can't stand Captain Jack.

The Girl in the Fireplace - No.

Blink - No. Gave birth to that stupid "wibbly wobbly timey wimey" line.

Time Crash - No. I kept waiting for Five to say "And I thought the previous me was a prat!" to Ten at some point. Also Ten's speech before Five returns to his own timestream is very cringe worthy.

Silence in the Library - No.

Forest of the Dead - No.

The End of Time Part Two Final Scene (uncredited) - No. It's part of that god awful "The End of Time Part Two".

The Eleventh Hour - Yes.

The Beast Below - Meh leaning towards yes.

The Time of Angels - Meh. Don't care much for the Angels.

Flesh and Stone - Meh. Again care much for the Angels.

The Panorica Opens - Meh leaning towards yes.

The Big Bang - Meh leaning towards yes.

The Christmas Carol - Meh. The Sonic Screwdriver is now a Mr. Microphone too?
 
- "The Empty Child" - Yes
- "The Doctor Dances" - Yes
- "The Girl in the Fireplace" - Yes!
- "Blink" - Yes with a hint of Meh - it's not as brilliant as people like to claim
- "Time Crash" - Yes
- "Silence in the Library" - Meh when I first saw it, but Yes in retrospect
- "Forest of the Dead" - Yes
- "The Eleventh Hour" - Hell Yes
- "The Beast Below" - Yes
- "The Time of Angels" - Yes
- "Flesh and Stone" - Yes
- "The Pandorica Opens" - Yes
- "The Big Bang" - Yes with a hint of Meh. It's saved by the wedding entrance
- "A Christmas Carol" - Yes
 
-The Curse of the Fatal Death - My Dalek bumps say yes
-The Empty Child - Yes
-The Doctor Dances - Yes
-The Girl in the Fireplace - Yes
-Blink - HECK yes
-Time Crash - Yes
-Silence in the Library - Yes, though I agree with an earlier post that the teaser was more brilliant than the rest
-Forest of the Dead - Yes
-The End of Time Part Two Final Scene - Meh (really, there ain't much to judge good or bad)
-The Eleventh Hour - Yes
-The Beast Below - No
-The Time of Angels - Yes
-Flesh and Stone - Yes
-The Panorica Opens - Yes
-The Big Bang - Yes
-The Christmas Carol - Yes
 
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