Say what you want, but at least Moffat's idea of a finale isn't "thousands of Daleks, have fun!" - the first and last Moffat finales especially have been great.
Say what you want, but at least Moffat's idea of a finale isn't "thousands of Daleks, have fun!" - the first and last Moffat finales especially have been great.
Honestly, I thought the Pandorica stuff was hella boring. They make it sound like it's some big deal, but it's not. River says something about the opening of the Pandorica, and the Doctor gets super scared, and then it just falls completely flat.
The Silence and River Song being used as a weapon was just weird. Like, what was the point? Why?
The mid-season finale for season 7 was awesome. I think the first half of season seven was probably the best collection of episodes in the entire series. Each one was brilliant. The second half I thought was eh, but that was mostly because of the ending of the season when you find out that Clara is basically more important than the Doctor.
Originally Posted by Fynn
I think probably the funniest thing is, though, is that Matt Smith is My Doctor. But I would've loved to see what he could've done with some other plots.
Ok, this headcanon is just smurfing brilliant.
That is brilliant.
that's what i thought initially when i saw her during the 50th
especially because her eyes went shiny
why would the moment pick her in particular right, it had to be her doing
but then the moment started talking crap about not getting past and future proper and i figured it wasn't really relevant because the box itself doesn't really care who its portraying? i dunno
Amy and Rory and Clara are infinitely better than Donna though. Martha and Rose are inbetween.
Plus Eleventh Doctor Best Doctor. Ninth was a legend as well, wish he'd have been in this.
I think the problem with Who trying to do long arcs about how scurry the Pandorica opening is and stuff is that it's just not a show where the structure works. It's got too close an adherence to the "monster of the week" and having the episodes be self-contained for a larger arc to fit in well. So they build things up over a season with just teasing, and then how much can you actually do with one or at most two episodes of technobabble and zaniness?
whaaat the pandorica not being awesome? come oooon
it has the best one liner in all of the show
"Okay, kid. This is where it gets complicated."
and the time manupilation in that one is brilliant
even if the ending is a deus ex machina
and i really loved the 'I AM TALKING' scene of the doc
"I. AM. TALKING!" - Doctor Who - BBC - YouTube
stylistically speaking the two pandorica episodes were my favorite pieces of matt smith fancy-free adventure
I thought the Pandorica episode was fantastic. The Pandorica itself isn't important - it was what was (potentially) inside of it. And the fact that it wasn't important in the end is precisely why it was such a great episode.And you're wondering, what's inside? The Master? Satan again? Omega? What the hell is this terrifying new foe the Doctor must face? This is the finale, so it's going to be smurfing good.
And then you have THAT speech and you're like, smurf yeah, it's The Doctor! He'll smurf your trout up! And then when the truth is revealed... you are the monster, Doctor. Wh... oh my god. They're right. RTD promoted The Doctor to a godlike figure in his run (The Jesus incident, telling the Vashta Narada to simply "look me up" etc.) and Moffat carried on with that theme in the 11th Hour. I'm The Doctor, I am a God, smurfing fear me. Well... they do. And that's the theme of the 11th Doctor for me and it's brilliant. It just is.
I think that's a pretty good head canon. It makes sense and isn't too conspiracy theory.
Moffat tries to fit as much as he can into one big, overlapping storyline and he doesn't always manage to deliver the way he intended. Its better than drooling over the Daleks 24/7 like Davies' did but tbf some of HIS storylines were miles better than the majority of the things Moffat has thrown out. End of Time. COME ON GUYS, MASTER RACE!
I don't really HATE Moffat but rather I think he's just better at shorter, one offs. Have to say though some of the things he has dished out are great. The Pandorica and Trenzalore. I'm looking forward to the Christmas special just to see how it ends.
Moffat is a king of suspense, he's frustrating in how he delivers the story but in a way, that has me personally wanting to see more from him, what he's got planned. "Just get on with it" I suppose.
LET THE HAMMER FALL
Cactus people.
Thanks for reminding me the only bit I liked about End of Time aside from Matt Smith and Bernard Cribbins, John Simm in a dress. Sorry, I have issues with that two parter that one day I'll probably make a review about in riot gear as a legion of screaming fan girls knock down my door like a Black Friday sale.
Yes he was. He appeared after the regeneration at the end.
Apparently, I have been declared banished.
I don't think End of Time should count, nor any episode with Bernard Cribbins. What an utterly magnificent human being.
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