All posts by Dreamleak

@FH2104 the absolute beauty that is Jenna Coleman will never be mentioned in my complaints. That is for certain.

Why do they keep giving Mark Gatiss episodes to write? It is genuinely baffling to me because they are almost exclusively one of the D tier episodes of every season.

Much like Gatiss’ other episodes, this one is boring, specifically with regards to the antagonists. They aren’t threatening in the slightest and are incredibly silly (everyone is in this episode is, I just think it works better for Robin Hood than the Sheriff). Capaldi’s characterization is all over the place too. In Deep Breath, he’s no nonsense and doesn’t care about social conventions but wants to feel accepted. Into the Dalek carries this over somewhat but now he’s dealing with the moral dilemma of his past actions (for some reason?). Well here he is just a big man baby who’s pissed that Clara doesn’t think he’s as cool as the younger guy. It’s honestly laughable. Overall, I appreciate the idea but the execution… well it’s honestly great to put you to sleep.

I’m remembering that Capaldi’s first season had a rough start as I’m posting these…

I really don’t like this episode. By this point I’m way past Dalek fatigue, I want them to take a good few years off. Nothing about this episode is remotely intriguing to me, besides the good writing and chemistry with Clara and Danny. Unfortunately, that’s one scene, and the rest is a mixture of “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” and a rip-off of a much better Eccleston episode.

Am I a good man? Who’s to say, but I feel like that question also works a lot better for Eccelston than it does Capaldi (especially considering Smith’s last two episode involved him saving Gallifrey and beating death after defending Trenzalore for almost a century). I don’t really get the direction here, but don’t worry, Moffat will forget about by the end of the season anyways.

Survival for the win! One of my favorite episodes since I was a kid. (I remember loving the VHS box art)

@Kevin 'Chalky' Kaiba @SonicTsils @FH2104 I was also under the impression she was sparing him because it really doesn't seem difficult for the Master to escape the Nazi's. Even if your forgot the thousands of years experience and superior intellect, Dawan could have also just "regeneration energy attacked" the Nazi like River and 11 in Moffat's era and escaped.

I can't remember which episode the cliffhanger happens (but it's early on, maybe episode one or two), but Pertwee falling to the ground when that hilariously designed robot comes into the outer space shed makes me die laughing every time. I don't know if I've seen a funnier cliffhanger. (I guess I've grown to love it so it might not be a valid complaint anymore)

@Anastasia Cousins 1996 Movie takes it. It's like a Marvel movies' rendition of the Doctor Who theme. Like @FH2104 said they are all a thumbs up except for a couple (Capaldi especially), but I particularly think the 70's theme, Gold's 2008-2010 theme, McCoy and Whittaker's stand out near the top.

The Autons are considerably less scary than their last appearance.

This is another great episode for Owen. I've talked about how I am a fan of his character development, and seeing him at his absolute lowest is heartbreaking, and Burn Gorman is a fantastic actor. I'm sad to see Martha go, but her time here was very fun; she would have made a great addition to the team if they could have worked out schedules with Freema Agyeman.

It sounds like a great concept I'm not sure what ideas you are looking for but there are lots of great posts on this thread weekly that could give you some inspiration.

@CaptainKaibyo I agree with you there, and I think the drastic difference between Capaldi and Smith was meant to display that clearly.

The Doctor comes to our universe where they are a TV character and I use my knowledge of the show to avoid imminent companion death and never visiting the Ood-Sphere.

@FH2104 How dare you! (Not actually offended, love difference of opinion) I will say I have never actually watched Class (besides clips) because of how uninteresting I find it, and I do agree with @Icecreamdif , Children of Earth is probably the single best piece of media the Whoniverse produced post revival. Not to say it's my personal favorite part of the franchise, but how it didn't win tons of awards is crazy to me.

Most likely not. I think they have an audio series now for the show on Big Finish, but most of the spin-off shows that ended have been off air so long it would be nearly impossible to bring them back. (They’re all very niche)

Too long an episode with not enough Capaldi. While Smith is the drive in his first episode, this one feels like Moffat cared much more about Clara, which is similar to The Christmas Invasion, which is also boring on rewatch. All of Clara’s stuff is good though, it just doesn’t make me see Capaldi’s era start with him hitting the ground running. Adding Matt Smith also detracts from Capaldi; there’s a reason no one has chose to have the previous Doctor cameo before, because it just reminds you how much liked them before getting to know the good actor.

Also one of my favorite parts of The Girl in the Fireplace was the Doctor never finding out why the clockwork droids chose Madame de Pompadour, but I guess Moffat forgot about that since 12 seems to know all about now. Even if you say “He somehow found out about the ship’s name in between these stories” it still makes the former episode retroactively worse to me. Unecessary connection🤷‍♂️

I love McCoy as the Doctor but Season 24 is a VERY tough rewatch. It’s only really good scene for me is the monologue at the end of Dragonfire.