Do you like Doctor Who?
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I think Moffat is getting too much undeserved negativity - mainly because he has overstayed and lost direction in the more recent seasons.
But I'll always consider him one of the best Showrunners- if only for adding some really awesome new villains and characters to the series: including the Weeping Angels, The Silence, the more threatening versions of the Daleks, as well as Riversong. :love: -
I'll admit it was me that started the "Hey hey ho ho Moffat's got to go" chant. I can also say without a doubt it's because he was stretched too thin with Who & Sherlock. To me there was far too much lazy recycling.
On the flip though: Blink is, in my opinion, the best episode of the new generation, big fan of The Girl In The Fireplace as well and if truth be told Matt Smith is likely my favourite Doctor which, come on, some props to Moffat for that.
I don't remember exactly when I soured on him, maybe Let's Kill Hitler, I do know it was full on hate by The Day Of The Doctor but I still think that was well done.
And come on, once Moffat is gone can Gatiss be far behind? Then we could have a return of Captain Jack and who doesn't want to see that?
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Moffat is a hack and the revival series is Eastenders in Space.
Doctor Who ended in 1989, and even that was giving it more than it deserved by the time it was over. Still, even there at the end it had some good ideas. But that's a story that was more than told by the time it finally stopped telling.
If nothing else, the series – one of my very favourites as a young person, and one of the few things I could find comfort in as my family moved house near-constantly -- has taught me not to wish for a series to be picked up after its cancellation. It is always better for something to leave you wanting more, than it is for something to come back and make you wish it hadn't.
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I go on record as recognizing David Tennant's run as the Doctor as being the best. Donna Noble was the best companion, though Clara Oswald was amazing, too! It's nice to see some LGBT content coming into the show and dare I say that it may be time for a female Doctor Who - perhaps with a gay male companion. I would like to see a Doctor/companion dynamic that isn't a prolonged "will-they-won't-they" story line. Having them be very close, supportive mates (like the Doctor/Donna pairing) was just as, if not more, satisfying. But I suppose that's just a gay man talking and it wouldn't grab the ratings like the other formula.
PS - Glad to see Moffat go…the weeping angels were a super idea but became much too overused. I guess every show runner would be desperate to add his/her own brand of darlek/cyberman to the Doctor Who universe.
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I'm the freak of the bunch - I prefer the original Dr. Who, and Tom Baker was my favorite Doctor. I still think the series would never have existed if not for the Quatermass series of films.
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I'm the freak of the bunch - I prefer the original Dr. Who, and Tom Baker was my favorite Doctor. I still think the series would never have existed if not for the Quatermass series of films.
I can respect that.
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I want to watch the series but I dont know how to start watching it there are just so many seasons over the years older ones newer ones missing episodes its all too much can someone guide me how to start watching the series so that I dont miss anything please
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I've been a fan as long as I remember.
I saw it originally in black and white with bad props but the story was always cool to me.
Personally I haven't enjoyed it with Peter Capaldi, but he is supposed to leave after this season. -
I want to watch the series but I dont know how to start watching it there are just so many seasons over the years older ones newer ones missing episodes its all too much can someone guide me how to start watching the series so that I dont miss anything please
I recommend you start by watching the newer rebooted Series 1 from 2005. Here's a link to a great episode guide which will carry you all the way from Series 1 to 10. Then, if you feel like it, you can go further back to the original series. But for now, I recommend you start here.
Have fun! :cheers:
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I can't get into any of the "new" Doctor Who series at all. I can't get into much of any action/sci-fi/fantasy stuff from the 90's on. Everyone's dialog is written like that of comic book characters (fitting for comics and kids animated television, but generally insufferable in live action film and TV), and all the affected, snappy one-liners are interspersed with so much exaggerated soap opera melodrama. It's become an epidemic in modern fantasy/sci-fi (see: The CW, new Doctor Who, every single thing Joss Whedon touches, every single superhero movie made since the 90's, etc.)… I can't take it!
But I didn't come here just to bitch... I do like older Doctor Who series.
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I can't get into any of the "new" Doctor Who series at all. I can't get into much of any action/sci-fi/fantasy stuff from the 90's on. Everyone's dialog is written like that of comic book characters (fitting for comics and kids animated television, but generally insufferable in live action film and TV), and all the affected, snappy one-liners are interspersed with so much exaggerated soap opera melodrama. It's become an epidemic in modern fantasy/sci-fi (see: The CW, new Doctor Who, every single thing Joss Whedon touches, every single superhero movie made since the 90's, etc.)… I can't take it!
But I didn't come here just to bitch... I do like older Doctor Who series.
Interesting- but then again maybe it's just that Doctor Who has always been considered to be a children's series in the UK. So maybe they're just gearing it to a younger skewing audience from the get go, and that's something you've left behind.
Have you tried more serious kinds of genre shows? Off the top, I'd recommend Sense8, Stranger Things and The Expanse. Maybe those more serious shows will interest you. Definitely not CW material.
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I understand what you mean.
I can't get into any of the "new" Doctor Who series at all. I can't get into much of any action/sci-fi/fantasy stuff from the 90's on. Everyone's dialog is written like that of comic book characters (fitting for comics and kids animated television, but generally insufferable in live action film and TV), and all the affected, snappy one-liners are interspersed with so much exaggerated soap opera melodrama. It's become an epidemic in modern fantasy/sci-fi (see: The CW, new Doctor Who, every single thing Joss Whedon touches, every single superhero movie made since the 90's, etc.)… I can't take it!
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I can't get into any of the "new" Doctor Who series at all. I can't get into much of any action/sci-fi/fantasy stuff from the 90's on. Everyone's dialog is written like that of comic book characters (fitting for comics and kids animated television, but generally insufferable in live action film and TV), and all the affected, snappy one-liners are interspersed with so much exaggerated soap opera melodrama. It's become an epidemic in modern fantasy/sci-fi (see: The CW, new Doctor Who, every single thing Joss Whedon touches, every single superhero movie made since the 90's, etc.)… I can't take it!
But I didn't come here just to bitch... I do like older Doctor Who series.
Interesting- but then again maybe it's just that Doctor Who has always been considered to be a children's series in the UK. So maybe they're just gearing it to a younger skewing audience from the get go, and that's something you've left behind.
Have you tried more serious kinds of genre shows? Off the top, I'd recommend Sense8, Stranger Things and The Expanse. Maybe those more serious shows will interest you. Definitely not CW material.
Those shows you mention are great too!
Doctor Who has it's followers just as many other series, though, I think it is one of the longest running series on TV.You can check out 2 spinoffs from Doctor Who as well, the best being Torchwood and the other Class.
There is a cartoon that was made for the younger crowd, I haven't seen it. -
Haven't watched Dr. Who much. Just few parts, but I did meet original Dr Who Tom Baker when he was signing autographs. Nice guy.
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Haven't watched Dr. Who much. Just few parts, but I did meet original Dr Who Tom Baker when he was signing autographs. Nice guy.
I like to think he's exactly like his narration on Little Britain. Now that we can get Jelly Babies in Canada sometimes I put them in paper bag and start randomly narrating events whilst offering strangers candy. Sure, one day it's going to get me arrested but then I won't have to pivot into my retirement plan.
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I go on record as recognizing David Tennant's run as the Doctor as being the best. Donna Noble was the best companion, though Clara Oswald was amazing, too! It's nice to see some LGBT content coming into the show and dare I say that it may be time for a female Doctor Who - perhaps with a gay male companion. I would like to see a Doctor/companion dynamic that isn't a prolonged "will-they-won't-they" story line. Having them be very close, supportive mates (like the Doctor/Donna pairing) was just as, if not more, satisfying. But I suppose that's just a gay man talking and it wouldn't grab the ratings like the other formula.
PS - Glad to see Moffat go…the weeping angels were a super idea but became much too overused. I guess every show runner would be desperate to add his/her own brand of darlek/cyberman to the Doctor Who universe.
Well hopefully they bring back Doctor Who's daughter since a lot of people forgot about that storyline in the series.
If they haven't forgotten, maybe they will do that when Capaldi leaves since he said he will be leaving after this series.
As for previous Doctors I like Tennant the most until Matt Smith. Matt was my fav followed by tennant.
But if you watch the different doctors each has a different tone for the character, though I like the funniness and the seriousness of those two, not so much capaldi he seems to be still trying to get his footing for the character so to speak or thats what the directors want from him.
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I also like Class and Torchwood
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I love Dr Who and Torchwood.
I look forword to see the first female Doctor in the new Season -
I started watching with the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker). I also saw the Fifth and Sixth Doctors in the original runs.
My personal ranking of Doctors: Ninth, Fifth, Tenth, Fourth, Sixth, and Twelfth. I disliked Matt Smith intensely.
My favorites are all over the place: my favorite companion was Rory (though I hated Matt Smith) and my favorite episode was Midnight (with Doctor Ten showing why he REALLY needs a companion as a buffer between him and people).
I can't put my finger on why is don't like the episodes with Capaldi that much. He's a good actor and his companion is fascinating. It might just be that Moffat makes the show creepy in a bad way.
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