Theory on the Monks

[Timofnine]

There is still time for a twist

It's a shame it didn't hold any fruit. Was a great fan theory though.

There is still plenty of time for a twist!

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Gods, I hope not. I don't want to deal with them ever again.

 

[StCoop]

I get the desire for this not to have been a waste of three episodes but yeah, it was a waste of three episodes.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

It's a shame it didn't hold any fruit. Was a great fan theory though.

That's sort of always been the problem with Moffat's storytelling -- fans come up with better answers to Moffat's questions than Moffat does. There were some truly interesting theories on why Clara existed in many different times -- my favorite was that Oswin escaped the Asylum aboard the TARDIS and became a shapeshifting humanoid Dalek -- that I found preferable to Clara fragmenting herself throughout the Doctor's timeline.

 

[Professor Zoom]

That's sort of always been the problem with Moffat's storytelling -- fans come up with better answers to Moffat's questions than Moffat does. There were some truly interesting theories on why Clara existed in many different times -- my favorite was that Oswin escaped the Asylum aboard the TARDIS and became a shapeshifting humanoid Dalek -- that I found preferable to Clara fragmenting herself throughout the Doctor's timeline.

Yeah, for a guy that says timey-whimey, it was astonishing the Doctor never once thought, "Hey, time travel." I hated the impossible girl storyline.

And it's sad that the Monks basically were nothing particularly interesting. So, it's great that Moffat is wrapping up, Chibnall is unlikely to pick up this Monk monster as anything reoccurring.

 

[Starkers]

I think they officially count now as the most useless villains in the history of the series.

Worse than the Vardans?

 

[The Wormhole]

Worse than the Vardans?

Well, an argument can be made the Vardans weren't an obvious attempt to sell action figures.